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from Saint Paul’s letter to the Galatians (chapter 6):

“And let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not lose heart.”

“for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.”

It is easy to get wrapped up in some good aspect of the church (apologetics, politics, you name it) and miss the core — that it’s about Jesus. Then, all of a sudden, church becomes all about that lesser thing, and not about Christ. ~ Josiah Bancroft

“I would have been hard, rough and ill-tempered were it not for God’s grace. . . It is not sufficient for me to love God if I do not love my neighbor. I belong to God and to the poor.” ~ Saint Vincent de Paul

“It seems to me that the vocation ‘crisis’ is precipitated and continued by people who want to change the Church’s agenda, by people who do not support orthodox candidates loyal to the magisterial teaching of the pope and bishops, and by people who actually discourage viable candidates from seeking priesthood and vowed religious life as the Church defines these ministries. »→

An Italian priest, Fr Paolo Padrini, has created the iBreviary application for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. It’s an digital version of the Office of Readings, the Liturgy of the Hours, Holy Mass scripture readings and common prayers that you’d find in a breviary. »→

When I went to Baguio City for Christmas eve Holy Mass celebrated by the bishop, I did not expect to hear heresy spouted from a lector/commentator before Mass when I wished to pray in peace.

“Sambuhay: A Pastoral Service of Pauline Priests and Brothers,” is a four-page, pulp-paper, weekly missalette published by the Society of Saint Paul’s Philippine-Macau Province. In the Christmas edition is the following: