The vigilance of a Christian

Lk 12: 35-38

‘See that you have your belts done up and your lamps lit. Be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast, ready to open the door as soon as he comes and knocks. Blessed those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. In truth I tell you, he will do up his belt, sit them down at table and wait on them. It may be in the second watch that he comes, or in the third, but blessed are those servants if he finds them ready.’ Read More

THE FIGHT AGAINST EVIL THOUGHTS

486th Meditation

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind” (Mt 22:37).

Another passage of Scripture tells us that “perverse thoughts separate men from God” (Wis 1:3).

If we are to love our Heavenly Father with all our mind, and thus reciprocate His love for us, we must be mindful of our thoughts and not simply be carried away by them without examining them. Read More