Main menu:


Free Catholic Books and Gifts!

Automated ads not within blogger's control. Report inappropriate ads.

Site search

Categories

Archive

August 2008
S M T W T F S
« Jul    
 12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31  

Archive for 'Culture of Death'

Do not take joy in human suffering but rejoice that the hour is near…

Isaiah 24:5-6 The earth is polluted because of its inhabitants, who have transgressed laws, violated statutes, broken the ancient covenant. Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants pay for their guilt; therefore they who dwell on earth turn pale, and few men are left.
“My child, have no fear of evil news. [...]

He needs such souls in the world and the world greatly needs such souls…

Romans 8:5 For those who live according to the flesh are concerned with the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the spirit with the things of the spirit.
“My child, the Holy Spirit is searching, searching for souls in which to make his abode, places where his creative love can [...]

The sins of this age have purchased undreamed-of sufferings for the world…

Ezekiel 23:49 They shall inflict on you the penalty of your lewdness, and you shall pay for your sins of idolatry. Thus you shall know that I am the LORD.
“Beloved, do you see how the sin of idolatry brings death and destruction to the guilty as well as the innocent? Do the guilty [...]

The mercy of God is not yet spent; there is still time to lay hold of this unimaginable treasure…

Lamentations 3:21-22 But I will call this to mind, as my reason to have hope: The favors of the LORD are not exhausted, his mercies are not spent.
“My child, take advantage of the Hour of Mercy. There is much reparation to be made for the sins of this age. Offer all you can [...]

If they will consume their children when times are good, what will they do when suffering comes?

Baruch 2:2-3 He brought down upon us evils so great that there has not been done anywhere under heaven what has been done in Jerusalem, as was written in the law of Moses: that one after another of us should eat the flesh of his son or of his daughter.
“My child, I tell [...]

This generation clings to darkness and death…

John 1:3-4 …What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race.
“My child, do you see how this generation has rejected both the light and the life found in Jesus, the Word Made Flesh? This generation clings to darkness and death. The stench [...]

Will there be nothing left of creation before they are converted?

Zephaniah 3:6-7 I have destroyed nations, their battlements are laid waste; I have made their streets deserted, with no one passing through; their cities are devastated, with no man dwelling in them.  I said, “Surely now you will fear me, you will accept correction”; she should not fail to see all I have visited [...]

Prayer and fasting can go a long way towards mitigating the dire consequences of sin…

John 6:12 When they had had their fill, he said to his disciples, “Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be wasted.” 13 So they collected them, and filled twelve wicker baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves that had been more than they could eat.
“My child, creation is groaning. [...]

Is your God to remain silent while the wicked exploit and abuse the innocent?

Ephesians 4:19 they have become callous and have handed themselves over to licentiousness for the practice of every kind of impurity to excess.
“My beloved, do you see how the spirit of this age seduces many? Is your God to remain silent while the wicked exploit and abuse the innocent? My child, [...]

When the creature abandons the Creator, can death be far behind?

Isaiah 17:10 For you have forgotten God, your savior, and remembered not the Rock, your strength.
“My beloved, is your Lord to overlook this grievous sin forever? Are the children of men, mere creatures, to abandon their Creator without consequence? I am all mercy, my child, but when the creature abandons the [...]