And the tongue is like a fire. It is a world of wrong, occupying its place in our bodies and spreading evil through our whole being. It sets on fire the entire course of our existence with the fire that comes to it from hell itself.
James 3:6 GNT
Saturday, October 15, 2022
USE YOUR CONTROL (PART 1)
Sunday, June 19, 2022
CHRISTIANITY AND THE STATE: THE INVOLVEMENT
When we speak of Christianity in this parlance, we limit our scope to the Catholic church. Having traced the history of Christianity, and presented in an adumbrated fashion, what we may call the state and its functions to humanity, it is apposite that we turn our efforts to an examination of how the social teachings of the church expects that the church is to engage in the affairs of a legitimate state. The interrogation here is: to what extent is the church supposed to peer into matters that strictly concerns the state?
Saturday, June 11, 2022
I JUST BELIEVE COLOR GIVES LIFE
As I grew up, I always thought I had a best color
I’d say blue today
Yellow another age
Pink was major at some point
Then I thought it was too girly
And I started liking black and grey
And then I saw my mum on Orange and woah
Orange reminds me of the sunset
So mature yet so beautiful. It’s not boring
I started liking orange
To Brown skin girl
Now I tell myself it’s Purple
But I know I just love colors
I love blue because of the skies, the seas…
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
CONQUERING ACEDIA: PRAYING WHEN PRAYER SEEMS DIFFICULT.
Different Forms of Acedia
Acedia as Spiritual Sloth
Melancholy
Humility
Progressive Growth to Contemplation
The saints and Acedia
St. Teresa of Jesus
St. Therese of the Child Jesus
St. Teresa of Calcutta
Conquering Acedia
Fervency
Spiritual Direction
Group prayer (Community)
Openness to the Spirit
Conclusion
The Concept of Acedia
The Idea of Acedia in Christendom is an age-old experience. The term Acedia is sometimes used to imply a spiritual sloth or in fact a deadly sin. However, in more contemporary times, some spiritual writers equate it with spiritual dryness. Thus, the term will be discussed to reflect both meanings separately. Basically, in this reflection, it covers the scope of spiritual repugnance or difficulty in prayer.There is, obviously, no need to emphasize, afresh, the importance of prayer. St. Francis teaches that, “with the strongest commitment, we cultivate 'the Spirit of holy prayer and devotion to which all temporal things must contribute'” and according to Saint John Chrysostom, “it is simply impossible to lead, without the aid of prayer, a virtuous life… it is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.”
Acedia, then, in this context, simply means a condition in which we find it difficult to pray be it by our own fault, conditions beyond our control or by the making of the Divine.
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
MASARU: THE TALE OF A SAMURAI CHRISTIAN - SHIRO AMAKUSA(Shimbara Rebellion)
There are many yet to be told and told but known to the few stories about the gradual but heroic spread of our dear Christian faith in many parts of the world. How many incorrupt bodies like that of St. Philomena are yet to be discovered and how many hidden sacrifices against one's own people for the sake of the faith may never be known or are almost forgotten by the few that knew it. Yet we know, according to Marcus Garvey, that "a people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."
The History of Christianity in Japan, like every other little beginning of Christianity, in need of some precious blood of Martyrs for seeds, had its share of martyrdom and persecutions. The tales of the 26 Martyrs of Nagasaki in Japan is quite known to many Catholics who are interested in the history of our Catholic heritage. Nevertheless, very few knows the story, struggles and rebellions of a Catholic Samurai, Shiro Amakusa in an effort to save the lives of tens of thousands of Christians. This struggle is now known as the Shimbara rebellion.
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