Meditations – Page 5 – Perpetual Adoration

October 31, 2012

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The Mother of all Sins

Of the seven root passions or sins – pride, lust, anger, avarice, envy, gluttony, and sloth – the most deadly is pride. It was an appeal to pride that persuaded Eve to defy her Creator: “…you shall be as Gods, knowing good and evil.” (Genesis 3:6)

October 24, 2012

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Unruly Passions

Eve responded, “Of the fruit of the trees that are in paradise we do eat: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise, God hath commanded us that we should not eat; and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we die.” Genesis 3:2-3. Every time a sin is committed, something within us dies. The result of sin is always death. This has been true from the beginning of time.

October 10, 2012

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The Lessons of Original Sin

Out of everything created in the world by God – the universe, the stars, the sun, the earth, the light, the darkness, the water, the plants, the creatures of sea and land – His greatest creation was man. Why? Because He breathed His own spirit into the soul of man. Man is the only worldly creature that is blessed with an immortal soul. Like God, man has the ability to think and to love.

October 3, 2012

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Angels – Pure, Created Spirits

One interesting theory that has been written about by some theologians is that God’s original plan did not include the creation of humans. Instead, His original intention was to populate heaven with angels. Unfortunately, because of the pride and rebellion of Lucifer and his followers, a conflict arose and Lucifer and his followers were subsequently cast into hell. According to the theory, it was at that time that God decided to create the human race, with the intention of populating heaven with the exact number of humans needed to replace the fallen angels. Although it’s an interesting theory, we have no way of knowing whether it’s true.

September 27, 2012

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Our Role In Divine Providence

Do you remember the definition of God from your childhood religion class? The definition was simple and concise: an infinitely perfect Supreme Being who created all things and keeps them in existence. Yes, he not only created us, but continually keeps us in existence.

September 21, 2012

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Two Kinds of Love

Could God the Father ever decide that He no longer loves the Holy Spirit? Could He say “I’ve loved the Holy Spirit for thousands of years and I just don’t love Him anymore”? Could Jesus go off on His own and decide He is no longer going to love the Father and the Holy Spirit? Could the Holy Spirit bail out on His relationship with the Father and the Son?

September 15, 2012

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A Timeless and Changeless God

Although we think and talk a lot about time, most of us never attempt to seek out or discover its true meaning. What is time? Can you come up with a simple definition? The Merriam-Webster dictionary describes time as “the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues.”

September 5, 2012

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Do they have clocks in heaven?

One of the hardest concepts to grasp is that “time” does not exist in heaven. On earth, from the moment a person is conceived until that person dies, he or she is limited by time and space. In heaven there are no such limitations. It’s hard to imagine living in heaven for eternity and never having to mention or be concerned with time.

August 31, 2012

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A Missing Virtue

Last week I told you that there are two virtues that we as baptized Catholics have that Jesus neither had nor needed. The first is the virtue of faith. The second is the virtue of hope. Our Lord did not need the virtue of faith because He had the beatific vision. He did not need the virtue of hope because he was already in possession of the heavenly kingdom.