Holiness Is the Best Defense of the Faith
COMMENTARY: In Lent and Holy Week, we are reminded that arguments alone cannot overcome misunderstanding — only the light of holiness can dispel the shadows.
COMMENTARY: In Lent and Holy Week, we are reminded that arguments alone cannot overcome misunderstanding — only the light of holiness can dispel the shadows.
‘Evaluate such events prudently, through humble discernment and in accordance with the teachings of the Church,’ the Holy Father said on Nov. 13.
‘Abandon yourself like children in the Father’s arms.’
Dapper indeed he was, and yet his fashion choices point to something deeper.
COMMENTARY: Their lives were shaped by exile, war and hardship — but what endured was a friendship that taught a young boy what human dignity really means.
The once-lofty word has become a placeholder — but Christ used it to call you to holiness.
COMMENTARY: Let us heed the great pope’s oft-repeated words, “Be not afraid!” and with courage respond to his witness and intercession to make fully practical this call to holiness he spent his pontificate echoing and enfleshing throughout the world.
COMMENTARY: Holiness isn’t reserved for the elite — it’s the call of every Christian to live in union with God.
We honor Almighty God by arriving for Mass ahead of time and blessing ourselves as we enter our Father’s house.
We must all better understand and pursue God’s design in everyday life.
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