I am finding Father Calloway's "retreat" to be very fruitful and highly recommend this book to all. Here is an excerpt: “While the devil definitely wants you to sin and offend God and his love, the devil knows well that the only thing that can bring you true happiness in this life and everlasting joy in the next, is the Holy Eucharist. It is for this reason that the devil's primary tactic of bringing souls to ruin is to estrange them from the Eucharist. The Eucharist is the key to happiness and true life in God. The devil doesn't want you to go to heaven. He wants you to go to hell. The devil knows that if he can get you to doubt the Real Presence, it is very likely that you will eventually fall away from believing in sin, hell and the devil himself. He knows that to walk away from the Eucharist is to walk away from life. To abandon belief in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist is to lack trust in God's merciful love and plan for your salvation. T
Re the second video: in other words, he's Catholic. :)
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ReplyDeleteI especially enjoy interacting with those who are willing to frankly and honestly comment on what I share. You are absolutely right about the second video. I lost all objectivity in trying to quickly include a sound bite from one of my Domincian brethren. You are a good and kind teacher.
The Pope tells the truth. Truth isn't conservative nor liberal. It just is. A typical German address to an audience contains "Meinen Herren und Damen." Meaning "ladies and gentlemen." Not unusual at all as it is typical in English and other languages as well. I echo Kathleen's comment above. Thanks for this video.
ReplyDeleteMy privilege Colleen. I just realized that my earlier reply was never published.
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