Beyond the Games: How Sports Can Help Kindle the Flame of Holiness
Faith in Christ reveals that all things, including sports, are meant to be united to Christ and find their fulfillment only in him.
Faith in Christ reveals that all things, including sports, are meant to be united to Christ and find their fulfillment only in him.
Opus Dei’s purpose lies in promoting sanctification in the midst of ordinary life, particularly through work.
Saints don’t have to found activist movements, start religious orders, or run colleges. They can also become saints by getting the kids to soccer practice, making dinner and reading bedtime stories.
‘All Christians in any state or walk of life are called to the fullness of Christian life and to the perfection of charity.’ (Lumen Gentium 40)
The battle between the Holy Ghost and the Zeitgeist is made manifest in the perennial battle between traditional Church teaching and its abandonment to fads and fashion.
Interview with Antonia Salzano Acutis, mother of Blessed Carlo Acutis
COMMENTARY: Paraphrasing Pope Benedict, there are two synods — that of the media and the actual synod itself.
‘The Lord wishes to spread His kingdom also by means of the laity, namely, a kingdom of truth and life, a kingdom of holiness and grace, a kingdom of justice, love and peace.’ (Lumen Gentium, 36)
BOOK PICK: ‘Alter Christus’
SAINTS & ART: St. Francis de Sales anticipated the Second Vatican Council’s focus on the universal call to holiness, in all states of life.
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