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After celebrating Vespers on New Year's Eve on December 31, 2016, Pope Francis visits the Vatican Crib in St. Peter's Square.......and from among the large crowd outside waiting to greet him, he even notices this small child behind the barrier
The Pope at general audience: explains the relationship between justice and mercy in God
- Published on 3 Feb 2016
Pope on justice and mercy - Published on Feb 3, 2016
Pope Francis: Human justice only limits evil, divine justice overcomes it - Published on Feb 3, 2016
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Pope Francis: Without mercy, there is no justice - Published on 23 Mar 2015
GAUDETE - free application - to download in mobile
Search in mobile Google Play, choose the logo, like the one just below & install --- GAUDETE App - the official mobile app of the Society of the Infant Jesus
The Society of the Infant Jesus in Singapore offers free app with various Catholic resources.
The Society of the Infant Jesus in Singapore has launched a new Catholic application called Gaudete, meaning "Rejoice” in Latin.
Its creators desire that the Biblical resources, and information about the saints and Church will help instill hope and increase the faith of each user.
DOLORES DON
President, Society of the Infant Jesus
"We feel that the world now more than ever has an immense desire and need to find the reason to rejoice amid all the tempestuous challenges it is confronted with.”
The application features new saints and reflections from the pope, including various writings for special feast days and seasons of the Church, like Advent or Lent.
There are also sections focusing on one's particular vocation and stage in life, whether it's a married person, religious or a child.
RODNEY CHUA
Gaudete App
"The intent is to help our users belonging to these segments to more fully live out their respective vocation or their respective stage in life as a Catholic. We have resources that will help enhance our users knowledge and appreciation of the deeper underlying spirituality related to some of the popular devotions of the Catholic faith.”
The resources also include daily reflections on faith and mercy, as well as a space for users to write in prayer petitions for the Society of the Infant Jesus to intercede on their behalf.
A Facebook, Twitter and YouTube page are all also linked to the app and it is available for free in Android, iOS and HTML 5.
Food for thought: To what extend does the evil spirit of pride tries to infect us humans ? Animals and all creation praise God, our Creator ... and we, invaded by deceit, are fooled to think that we can live without God, in our fantasy bubble of irresponsible way of living and indifferent behaviour...and yet... God sees BEYOND our rebellion, our rejection, our despair, our apathy, our hatred, our weakness, our foolishness, our self-destruction, our lack of good education, our lack of good information - BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT WHATEVER WE DO, GOOD OR BAD, INTENTIONALLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY, THE ROOT OF ALL MAN'S ACTIONS IS TO BE LOVED, APPRECIATED ... Why is that person acting so, is living so ? Only God knows all. He takes into consideration the bad environment, the bad influences and the vulnerable character - the scandals he has seen and learnt from those around him . THE MERCY OF GOD GOES BEYOND THE LAW WITH JUSTICE - HE KNOWS THAT THERE IS SOME GOOD AND HOPE IN EVERY SINNER AND THIS KNOCKS US CONSCIOUS OF THE UGLINESS OF SIN AND THE BEAUTY OF HIS LOVE !
Pope says do not be afraid of resistance in your heart, but use it against sin
Messa Santa Marta 05-12-2016 Papa Francesco ha celebrato la messa nella cappella della Casa Santa Marta e ha centrato l’omelia sul cambiamento radicale operato da Ġesù.
LET US INVITE JESUS INTO OUR HEART - AND LET HIM CHANGE US INTO NEW, HUMBLE AND GRATEFUL PERSONS ! JESUS IS WAITING FOR US TO SEE US HAPPY WITHIN, OVERFLOWING WITH HIS GENUINE JOY, HOPE, COURAGE AND SERENITY...
...THERE IS NO MERCY WITHOUT JUSTICE... Lk 10:21-24 -- Jesus...through the Holy Spirit - Ġesù tqanqal bil-ferħ mill-Ispirtu s-Santu.
TUESDAY GOSPEL OF WEEK 1 OF ADVENT
Evanġelju Ġesù tqanqal bil-ferħ mill-Ispirtu s-Santu. Lq 10, 21-24 Qari mill-Evanġelju skont San Luqa
F’dak iż-żmien, Ġesù tqanqal bil-ferħ mill-Ispirtu s-Santu u qal: “Infaħħrek, Missier, Sid is-sema u l-art, għax int dawn il-ħwejjeġ ħbejthom lil min għandu l-għerf u d-dehen u wrejthom liċ-ċkejknin. Iva, Missier, għax lilek hekk għoġbok. Kollox kien mogħti lili minn Missieri, u ħadd ma jagħraf min hu l-Iben ħlief il-Missier, anqas min hu l-Missier ħlief l-Iben u dak li lilu l-Iben irid jgħarrafhulu”. Imbagħad dar lejn id-dixxipli u qal lilhom weħidhom: “Henjin l-għajnejn li jaraw dak li qegħdin taraw intom. Għax kif ngħidilkom jien, ħafna profeti u slaten riedu jaraw dak li qegħdin taraw intom u ma rawhx, u jisimgħu dak li qegħdin tisimgħu intom u ma semgħuhx”.
Il-Kelma tal-Mulej R/. Tifħir lilek Kristu
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Fear of the Lord is not terror: no, it is putting into practice God’s commandment that he gave to our father Abram: ‘Live in my presence, be perfect,’ Humble – this is humility, fear of the Lord is humility.”
Pope: Christian humility is the virtue of “the childlike” - FOR - TUESDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2016
Pope: Christian humility is the virtue of “the childlike
Pope Francis said on Tuesday that true Christian humility is the virtue of the childlike and is never a theatrical humility. His words came at his morning Mass celebrated in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence.
Taking his inspiration from the day’s readings the Pope’s homily was a reflection on how God reveals himself to the humble and childlike rather than the wise and learned as recounted in the gospel of Luke. He noted that the day’s first reading from the book of Isaiah is also full of references to little things such as the small shoot that “shall sprout from the stump of Jesse” rather than an army that will bring about liberation. Pope Francis went on to explain how in the Christmas story too the leading figures are the small and the humble.
“Then at Christmas, we see this smallness, this little thing: a baby, a stable, a mother, a father… little ones. (They have) big hearts but the attitude of a child. And the Spirit of the Lord, the Holy Spirit comes to rest on this shoot and this small shoot will have the virtue of the childlike and the fear of the Lord. He will walk in the fear of the Lord. Fear of the Lord is not terror: no, it is putting into practice God’s commandment that he gave to our father Abram: ‘Live in my presence, be perfect,’ Humble – this is humility, fear of the Lord is humility.”
The Pope stressed that only the childlike are capable of fully understanding the sense of humility and the fear of the Lord because they walk in front of the Lord, watched over and protected, feeling that the Lord gives them the strength to journey forward and this is true humility.
“Living our humility, Christian humility means having this fear of the Lord which, I repeat, is not terror but is: ‘You are God, I am a person, I journey forward in this way with the little things of life but walking in Your presence and trying to be perfect.’ Humility is the virtue of the childlike and this is true humility and not a rather theatrical humility: no, not that: the humility of somebody who said: ‘I am humble but proud of being so.’ No, that is not true humility. The humility of the childlike is that of somebody who walks in the presence of the Lord, does not speak badly about others, looks only at serving and feels that he or she is the smallest …. That is where their strength lies.
In the same way, the Pope continued, we see the great humility of that girl to whom God sent His Son and who immediately afterwards hastened to her cousin Elizabeth and who said nothing about what had happened. He said humility is like this, journeying in the presence of the Lord, happy, joyful because they are humble just as we see in today’s gospel reading.
“Looking at Jesus who rejoiced because God reveals his mystery to the humble, we can ask for the grace of humility for all of us, the grace of fear of God, of walking in his presence trying to be perfect. And in this way with this humility, we can be vigilant in prayer, carrying out works of brotherly charity and rejoicing and giving praise.”
