by moodyp | Oct 29, 2025 | Bulletins
“I would go so far as to say that if there was not purgatory, then we would have to invent it, for who would dare say of himself that he was able to stand directly before God. And yet we don’t want to be, to use an image from scripture, ‘a pot that turned out wrong’,...
by moodyp | Oct 22, 2025 | Bulletins
“A truly humble person never believes that he can be wronged in anything. Truly, we ought to be ashamed to resent whatever is said or done against us; for it is the greatest shame in the world to see that our Creator bears so many insults from His creatures, and that...
by moodyp | Oct 15, 2025 | Bulletins
“We must pray incessantly for the gift of perseverance.” — St. Philip Neri https://sttheresa.ptdiocese.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2025/10/Twenty-ninth-Sunday-in-Ordinary-Time-C-October-19-2025.pdf
by moodyp | Oct 8, 2025 | Bulletins
“A single ‘Blessed be God’ in adversity is worth more than a thousand acts of thanksgiving in prosperity.” — St. John of Ávila...
by moodyp | Oct 1, 2025 | Bulletins
“Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next-door neighbor… Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in...
by moodyp | Sep 23, 2025 | Bulletins
“What sort of people are we? When God gives, we want to receive, when He asks, we refuse to give? When a poor man is hungry, Christ is in need, as He said Himself: “I was hungry and you gave me no food.” Take care not to despise the hardship of the poor, if you would...