What does it mean to be blessed?  It means to be in God’s grace, to enjoy his favor and it leads to true joy and everlasting happiness.  We all say that we seek to be happy but what we really seek is to be blessed, that is, to enjoy God’s favor, both here and for all eternity in heaven.  So, how do we become blessed?  Fortunately, in his infinite love and wisdom, God has shown us the way to true blessedness.  How does God guide us?  Through Sacred Scripture, of […]

As we look back on our lives, many of us will recognize a particular person who caused us to make a significant change or to go in a different direction.  It might have been a parent, a neighbor or teacher, our spouse or a good friend.  The change we were influenced to make was good, even though, at first, it made us very uneasy.  It caused us to think bigger, do better things, use our talents in ways that we didn’t imagine possible, to live differently.

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Have you ever wondered why Jesus was baptized?  We all know that baptism washes away our sins – that’s one of the reasons why we use water as the sign of the sacrament – and Jesus was sinless.  Baptism also welcomes us into God’s family, and Jesus is God so he is already in the innermost circle of God’s family – the Holy Trinity.  And finally, the other reason we use water at baptism is as a sign of the new life we receive through this sacrament – that is, […]