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Trinity Sunday: Rejoicing in Knowing Who God Is
Simplicity of Faith
Most People Can Still Learn a Lot About Mother Teresa
Living the Moral Life 56
God’s grace is also there for us in the Sacrament of the Eucharist. There are primarily two events when Jesus gives us the graces from the Eucharist. First, when we adore Him in the Eucharist and the other is when we receive Him in the Eucharist. But when does He give us those graces? How do we take advantage of those graces?
It’s All in Who You Know
Living the Moral Life 51
A couple articles ago we went through the object of the act, the intentions and circumstances. The object of the act answers primarily the question: Is this act good or bad? Killing somebody is a bad act and can never be made into a good act. However, piety is a good act, but still can have a lack of goodness in it by doing the act with pride. The intentions and circumstances answer the other question: How responsible am I in the act (culpability)? They also help us to discern if the act has a lack of goodness. The intention of pride makes a lack of goodness in the act of piety. (Lk 18:7-14 & Rom 3:8) Continue reading
