True Christian Authority Challenge: Think of the relationship in your life where your pride is most destructive. Take concrete steps to deal with that person more positively and humbly.
Seeking the Face of God Challenge: Take at least five minutes of your time today to seek Our Lord in prayer, asking his grace for your needs and the needs of all your loved ones.
Holy Gospel: March 10 "The greatest among you must be your servant." (Matthew 23: 1-12)
Suicide From the Catechism of the Catholic Church we read "2282 If suicide is committed with the intention of setting an example, especially to the young, it also takes on the gravity of scandal. Voluntary co-operation in suicide is contrary to the moral law.
Grave psychological disturbances, anguish, or grave fear of hardship, suffering, or torture can diminish the responsibility of the one committing suicide.
2283 We should not despair of the eternal salvation of persons who have taken their own lives. By ways known to him alone, God can provide the opportunity for salutary repentance. The Church prays for persons who have taken their own lives.
Thomas Kincaid and His Daughter on Sin Thomas Kincaid and famous American artist tells the story or how his daughter relates sin to the rain and wiperblades.
The Eucharist – The Sacrament of Love The long-awaited postsynodal exhortation of Pope Benedict XVI was published on March 13. The document contains the conclusions of the 2005 Synod of Bishops and is entitled “Sacramentum Caritatis.”
Benedict’s Love Letter to the Eucharist The Eucharist is a mystery to be believed, to be celebrated and to be lived. Pope Benedict XVI released his post-synodal exhortation on the Eucharist.