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"The bread you store up belongs to the hungry; the cloak that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor." - St. Gregory the GreatAmazing Grace 2011 Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/

"The service of God is not a burden, but an honor: so far from branding us with the mark of slavery, it wipes it away." — St. Peter Chrysologus

Today we are invited to pray and to love. The law of love ought not to be compromised

In a fast and rapid world, the challenge today would be to learn from our ancestors whose lives were unhurried, unfazed and more relaxed yet completely fulfulling

What is God inviting me to at an Ignatian Silent Retreat? Nourishment – Discernment – Clarity – Freedom

 St. Jerome cautioned against judging others, stating that only Christ at the Day of Judgement holds the "winnowing fan". Jesus Christ himself said, "With what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again" (Matthew 7:2, Douay Rheims Challoner Bible). St. Alphonsus Liguori presented Christ as a merciful Father ready to pardon those who repent. 

“God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.” - St. Augustine

"In our missionary activities we are asked to preach the Gospel to all: 'Instead of seeming to impose new obligations, [we] should appear as people who wish to share their joy, who point to a horizon of beauty and who invite others to a delicious banquet'" (Evangelii Gaudium, 14).

 “Love does not reflect; it is unreasonable and knows no moderation.” + St. Peter Chrysologus, bishop (406-450 A.D.)

"The more deeply the cross penetrates, the better; the more deprived of consolation that your suffering is, the purer it will be; the more creatures oppose us, the more closely shall we be united to God." - St. Paul of the Cross

“Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instead set about remedying them—every day begin the task anew.”St. Francis de Sales

Christians are encouraged to apply the spirit of the Socratic Method, if not the actual technique, to their own spiritual lives (1 John 4:1; 1 Corinthians 11:27–29). The biblical command to “examine yourselves” (2 Corinthians 13:5) parallels Socrates’ quip that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” Other scriptural instances of a Socratic approach include Job 38:1–11 and Proverbs 18:17https://www.gotquestions.org/Socratic-Method.html

“The task of evangelizing all people constitutes the essential mission of the Church….  Evangelizing is in fact the grace and vocation proper to the Church, her deepest identity.  She exists in order to evangelize.” Saint Pope Paul VI (EN 14).  ► “The Mission of Christ the Redeemer, which is entrusted to the Church, is still very far from completion….  This mission is still only beginning … we must commit ourselves wholeheartedly to its service.” Saint Pope John Paul II Music track: Fantasy by PufinoSource: https://freetouse.com/musicVlog Music for Video (Free Download)

The greatest security we can have in this world that we are in the grace of God, does not consist in the feelings that we have of love to Him, but rather in an irrevocable abandonment of our whole being into His hands, and in a firm resolution never to consent to any sin great or small. --Saint Francis of SalesMusic track: Serenity by PufinoSource: https://freetouse.com/musicFree Music Without Copyright (Safe)

The church that is not jealously protected by mighty intercession and sacrificial labors will before long become the abode of every evil bird and the hiding place for unsuspected corruption. The creeping wilderness will soon take over that church that trusts in its own strength and forgets to watch and pray.Aiden Wilson Tozer

 “The men and women in our technical age risk becoming victims of their own intellectual and technical achievements, ending up in spiritual barrenness and emptiness of heart.”Pope Bendict

The righteous person finds his delight…in the law of the LORD.

“The habitual sinner may be absolved as often as he seriously undertakes to employ the means necessary to overcome his habit, but he cannot be absolved if he refuses this undertaking,” St. John of the Cross. 

“Our door is faith; if it is strong enough, the whole house is safe.” + St. Ambrose, bishop (340-397 A.D.)Credits:1. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/music/songs/it-is-well-with-my-soul?lang=eng2. Too Loved To Be Lost - Debora M. Coty

 “Your imperfections do not shock me, for I see myself with so many.”St. TeresaAmazing Grace 2011 Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/