"Let us imitate Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, and say with complete sincerity: “Lord, not my will, but Your will be done.” For we know that is the Way of everlasting life." #CatholicTwitter ignitumtoday.com/2022/02/21/cer…

"What is the point of the Lenten sacrifices?" #CatholicTwitter ignitumtoday.com/2022/03/11/len…

"It is strangely fitting that #EvelynWaugh should have died on the day that celebrates #Christ’s transformation of death into life." ncc.org.au/newsweekly/rel… #literature #faith #Christianity #Catholic #Easter #hope #fiction #novels #religion #DivineMercy #HolyWeek #CatholicTwitter

"We see the interplay in each life of the opportunity to live in #God’s #grace and the threats and losses of the long defeat. The natural world will fail; the supernatural world will not." ncc.org.au/youth-column/i… #Christianity #Easter #faith #religion #Christian #nature #creation

"My second objective is to convince you that you want to read The #DivineComedy. It is for everyone. Everyone can read it and enjoy it – and it will change your life." ncc.org.au/newsweekly/rel… #culture #literature #poetry #Dante #Catholic #faith #religion #art #sacredart #Italian

Catholics looking to join in are invited to #pray the Holy #Rosary between 2pm and 4pm this Saturday. bit.ly/3Pzd0Lc #AustraliaPrays #CatholicTwitter #rosary #prayforAustralia #CatholicChurch #CatholicRosarySpace #praytherosary

During the closing Mass for the World Meeting of Families, Pope Francis said the gamble on starting a family is worth the risk. bit.ly/3OqkvTs

Australian couple Danny and Leila Abdallah have delivered a powerful speech about forgiveness during the World Meeting of Family. bit.ly/3OL3RO2

Fr Mike Schmitz’s next podcast Catechism in a Year starts New Year’s Day catholicleader.com.au/life/faith/fr-…

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"Do you ever feel stuck? Perhaps you can relate to St. Paul’s words sometimes: “I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.” (Romans 7:15)" #CatholicTwitter ignitumtoday.com/2022/07/07/cla…

I worry that the Church is too concerned about things of this earth. The environment is a gift from God; the unity of different cultures is a sign of God’s love, but souls are being lost. Why isn’t the Church focusing on winning souls? Evangelisation! We don’t have time to waste!

'These #Diaries, with their tension between the “desert” of spiritual #loneliness & the “mountain” of self-#sacrifice, reveal this extraordinary #woman at her most intimate & vulnerable.' mercatornet.com/poustinia-diar… #Christianity #CatholicTwitter #spirituality #faith #religion #women

"Given all we now know about the #ShroudofTurin, and the fact that no one has ever been able to copy it or even explain how it was made, Rolfe’s million dollars appears safe." mercatornet.com/shroud-of-turi… #Christianity #history #science #religion #CatholicTwitter #worldnews #Jesus

"Because I know this truth lies within the bosom of the Catholic Church no matter what has confronted me on my life’s journey; the many obstacles and hardships, I have remained a Catholic." 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐌. 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐨 #CatholicTwitter #Eucharist #CatholicChurch ignitumtoday.com/2022/07/18/tes…

>> FREE ARTICLE << #VaticanII had 3 aims: #faith, #unity and #reform – like the other Ecumenical Councils of the #Church, but with a new emphasis, described as opening the Church to the world, or looking outwards. ncc.org.au/newsweekly/rel… #CatholicChurch #CatholicTwitter #religion

"Reducing #Christianity to a rigid ideology characterises the tragedy of both of the extreme misinterpretations of the Council. Ideological polarisation has reduced #renewal or #tradition to the level of human #ideology." ncc.org.au/newsweekly/rel… #Catholic #religion #VaticanII

>> FREE ARTICLE << "#Christmas is a time of respite from a turbulent world increasingly alienated from the transcendental by modern ideologies, consumerism and our electronic media’s ever-present distractions." ncc.org.au/newsweekly/cov… #Christianity #faith #religion #Catholic #God

“The Council was only pastoral” leads to the convenient conclusion that “the Council never actually taught anything”, which leads to the desired conclusion – “so we can ignore it”. ncc.org.au/newsweekly/rel… #CatholicChurch #religion #Christianity #faith #VaticanII #traditionalists

"The TMC stall at the #WYD launch was a great success... The importance of the #family and the #ProLife cause were a couple of the issues that the #youth at the event valued the most." ncc.org.au/youth-column/l… #CatholicChurch #WYD2023 #WorldYouthDay #Catholic #Christianity #values