Kings 2: 1-18, forms the backdrop of Acts. In the latter Jesus is presented as a new Elijah. We have to remember that the Jews at the time of Jesus believed that Elijah would return to earth to prepare the [...] Assumption of Mary in the light of certain perspectives of biblical theology concerning the Ascension of Jesus. There is undeniably an analogy between the Ascension of Christ and the Assumption of the Blessed [...] two men dressed in white garments (angels) tell the Apostles who are looking at the sky: " This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will return in the same way as you have seen him going
are about to receive the Baptism in the Spirit are asked: "Do you want to give your whole life to Jesus?" We have been promised a "New Pentecost"! Baptism in the Holy Spirit is a fundamental experience
that unforgettable Christmas Eve; in the light that illuminates the delights of the Holy Trinity, Jesus, the sweet newborn Baby, changed the night of my soul into torrents of light... On that night when [...] I've walked from victory to victory and began a giant race as it were!..." (St Therese of the Child Jesus, Manuscript A, 44v°/45r°) "D ear children! These days I am calling you to family prayer. In God's [...] mothers my own special motherly blessing. " (12/19/85) "D ear children, today I bring the little Jesus to you in a special way, that he may bless you with his blessing of peace and love. Dear children
Millais. Christ in the House of His Parents (1850) Simplicity was the key feature of the life of Jesus, Mary and Joseph in their little town of Nazareth, where Joseph exercised his profession as carpenter [...] giving birth to the Messiah who had been expected over many centuries by the Hebrew people, namely Jesus, the Christ-Savior of the world; then watching over His childhood and adolescence until He would reach [...] Family through the events that marked its course: - The Holy Family before the birth of Christ - Jesus’ education by Mary and Joseph - The Prayer-life of the Holy Family - The Thirty Hidden Years of Christ’s
Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus.” Small of stature, rocklike in faith, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was entrusted with the mission of [...] assisted by the vibrant Jesuit parish of the Sacred Heart in which she was much involved. Spouse of Jesus, for all eternity At the age of eighteen, moved by a desire to become a missionary, Gonxha left her [...] May 1937, Sister Teresa made her Final Profession of Vows, becoming, as she said, the “spouse of Jesus” for “all eternity.” From that time on she was called Mother Teresa. Noted for her charity, unselfishness
according to the words of Paul: "There is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Gal 3:28).[ 2] . The Eucharist is above all a sacramental expression of the redemptive act
Father, through the Incarnation. For the Incarnation, God chose the Virgin Mary to be the Mother of Jesus, His beloved Son. *** "God, in his eternal love, chose man from eternity [1] He chose him in his Son
Father, through the Incarnation. For the Incarnation, God chose the Virgin Mary to be the Mother of Jesus, His beloved Son. *** " God in his eternal love has chosen man from eternity [1] : He has chosen him
by granting Jubilee indulgence. In an interview given to the Italian monthly Catholic publication JESUS, Bishop Bommarito Rosario was defined as a "wholesome, well-balanced and serene boy, who doesn't attract
present time?" ( Lk 12:56). In this saying of Jesus, the "signs of the times" must be understood as the path he was taking, indeed it must be understood as Jesus himself. To interpret the signs of the times [...] in order to draw to himself the whole world and unite it with himself through his Incarnate Son, Jesus Christ. It is not a matter therefore of intellectual communication, but of a life-giving process in [...] It is valid for all time, and it has reached its fulfilment in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In Christ, God has said everything, that is, he has revealed himself completely, and therefore