Ut scribantur sermones mei (Job 19:23). Contents reflect my opinion, although Church teaching happens to be my opinion as well. Wherever there appears to be conflict, defer to the Church.
01 November 2011
This (All Saints) Day in Catholic Liturgy: Poor Me
Poverty of spirit means, among other things, giving up the need to have one's way, to be right, to please others or to be pleased by them. When these apparent goods are lacking in a person's life, what else is left but the Kingdom of God…and what else is necessary? Granted, until the True Value of this Kingdom is truly appreciated, the absence of those other attachments really bites.
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