Catholic Fire

"We are children of God, bearers of the only flame that can light up the paths of the earth for souls, of the only brightness which can never be darkened, dimmed or overshadowed. The Lord uses us as torches, to make that light shine out. Much depends on us; if we respond many people will remain in darkness no longer, but will walk instead along paths that lead to eternal life." ~ St. Josemaria Escriva, from The Forge

Today's Liturgy: Tuesday of the Thirty-Fourth Week of Ordinary Time Mass Readings Reflection " The Lord is love; His coming shows Him as love most singular, the love that gives itself more freely, the love that is God's alone: agape. Because He is agape, He comes, and because His coming is agape, it is judgement. His mere presence passes judgement on the evil in us because that presence is love, because evil is its opposite. Love sets free the powers of redeemed life, the love of God given to us..." ~ Sister Amelia Lohr, German Benedictine nun (d. 1972) On This Day in Catholic History: 1095 Pope Urban II began promoting the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont. 1970 Pope Paul VI , visiting the Philippines, was slightly wounded at the Manila airport by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest. 1998 From the Vatican Pope John Paul II issued a papal bull, "Incarnationis Mysterium" (The Mystery of the Incarnation) that proclaimed 2000...