Saint Luke the Evangelist
The four evangelists of the New Testament wrote differently. Matthew’s style is that as a teacher; Mark, a preacher; John, a theologian; and Luke, a historian.
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The four evangelists of the New Testament wrote differently. Matthew’s style is that as a teacher; Mark, a preacher; John, a theologian; and Luke, a historian.
The confrontation between Europe and Islam happened as early as the seventh century.
Philosophers stress the rationale for angels. “A perfect God would necessarily create the best of all possible worlds. So He created angels who do not belong to man’s concept of matter, time and space.”
Who can fathom the love of God for men? He created a perfect world for man’s first parents, Adam and Eve, endowed them with wisdom of immensely high order and freedom from suffering and death. But, they still committed the “pride of life” and wanted to be gods.
God destined the Blessed Virgin Mary, the epitome of sanctity, to be the Mother of Christ, so she was fashioned with exceptional holiness. She found “favor with God” (Luke 1:30), which she acknowledged with total humility.
After 40 years as the second king of Israel, David’s second son with Bathseba, Solomon, succeeded David.
Three kings ruled the Kingdom of Israel: Saul, David and Solomon. David was regarded as the greatest.
The Lord gave the 10 commandments to Moses for the newly delivered nation to follow to enable them to worship God properly.
Jacob went to Egypt after a famine in Bethel. Joseph, the 11th son of Jacob, was an official next to the pharaoh.
ABRAHAM is a son of Terah, one of the three sons of Noah. Terah is the first and greatest patriarch of Israel.
Noah, a righteous man, is the son of Lamech, whose ancestry can be traced to Seth, one of Adam’s son, born when he was 135 years old (Genesis 5:3).
Saint Gemma Galgani is blessed with the gifts of supernatural knowledge, ecstasy, vision, prophecy, stigmata and levitation.
The Holy Shroud is the cloth that was used to wrap Jesus’ dead body after his crucifixion. It is a 4.4 meters by 11 meters material made of linen.
The Sacred Heart is Christ, the Savior, the Word Incarnate, the Redeemer, the Son of God. Through the ages, Jesus appeared to saints, with assigned tasks to honor His Sacred Heart. To Saint Lutgard (Lutgardis) of Aywieres is attributed the “first mystic revelation of Christ’s heart.”
Saint Catherine of Ricci, a stigmatic, unfolds the Passion of Christ in 17 scenes that lasts 28 hours, “conversed aloud as if enacting a drama.”
God, through the centuries, revealed Himself to holy people to inspire them in their works for His kingdom. Although Jesus, while on earth, alluded to the Holy Spirit in some events in His discourses and teachings, never was it fully revealed.
There were 162 statues of saints in Saint Peter’s Square but not one image of Our Lady. This was Msgr. Josemaria Escriva’s side remark to Pope John Paul II during gathering of university students from different part of the world in Rome in 1980.
An epitome of courage, she followed Jesus to Calvary, unmindful of indignant Jews, high-strung Roman soldiers, edgy crowds with volatile emotions that can crush her to death.
So stressed and terrified because the next-door neighbor’s house was on fire, Madam Madeleine Barat gave birth to her third child.
Three flowers are cited in the bible: the crocus, lily and the rose. Among the three, the rose is the most prominent—the most “perfect flower in beauty, looks and even smell.”
To guard the “purest and most perfect human being,” the Marian Movement of the Laity for the Philippine Church in Mary, noted the angels’ participation in the life of the Blessed Mother.
Mary is the queen of May—the month of flowers and new growth. The ancient Greeks dedicated the month of May to Artemis, the goddess of virginity, chastity, childbirth and fertility, among others.
BEveryday there is news of men and women who express concern about violence to children, sex trafficking, sexual assaults on helpless kids, children dying of hunger, capital punishment for the young and even bullying. These while life is considered sacred and should be valued.
“Jesus cried out in a loud voice. Father into your hands I commend my spirit” (Luke 23:46). “The veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom” (Mark 15:38).
The French Revolution targeted the nobility and the Catholic Church. Considered as a Reign of Terror, anti-Catholic Church provisions outlawed public and private worship and religious education, closed churches, forced abjuration of priests of their religious vows and even forced the clergy to marry.
Princess Elizabeth of Hungary refused to wear the bejewelled crown of gold on her wedding day. “How can I, when our dear Lord wears but a crown of thorns.”
‘Your convent will be the house of the sick; your cell, a hired room; your chapel, the parish church; your cloister, the streets of the city or the wards of the hospital; your enclosure, obedience; your grating, the fear of God; your veil, holy modesty.”
In a mundane world, money is one of the most coveted possession. The World Inequality Report 2018 declared that the rich becomes richer, the poor poorer.
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