Thought for the Day – 6 February – Religion and Devotion — AnaStpaul (Reblog)

Thought for the Day – 6 February – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971) Religion and Devotion “Religion, should not be a cold, mehcanical practice of obedience to the commandments of God and the precepts of the Church.Deep spiritual devotion and supernatural charity are necessary, as well as religion.In other words, religion should not be […]

Thought for the Day – 6 February – Religion and Devotion — AnaStpaul

Thought for the Day – 5 February – IDLENESS — AnaStpaul (Reblog)

Thought for the Day – 5 February – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971) IDLENESS “Idleness is forbidden by God because work is His commandment.He had already told Adam and his successors: “In the sweat of your brow, you shall eat bread” (Gen 3:19). St Paul warns us: “If any man will not work, neither […]

Thought for the Day – 5 February – IDLENESS — AnaStpaul

Thought for the Day – 4 February – Ora et labora” – Work and Sanctity — AnaStpaul (Reblog)

Thought for the Day – 4 February – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971) “Ora et labora” – Work and Sanctity “Everything we do, whether we are working with our hands or with our minds, can and should be made holy by offering it to God.The peasant who toils in the heart of the sun […]

Thought for the Day – 4 February – Ora et labora” – Work and Sanctity — AnaStpaul

Thought for the Day – 3 February – Work — AnaStpaul (Reblog)

Thought for the Day – 3 February – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971) WORK “God created man master of the world.He commanded him to populate it and to rule it (Cf Gen 1:28).He placed him in an earthly paradise, “to till it and to keep it” (Gen 2:15). As long as man remained in […]

Thought for the Day – 3 February – Work — AnaStpaul

Thought for the Day – 2 February – The Purification of Our Lady — AnaStpaul (Reblog)

Thought for the Day – 2 February – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971) The Purification of Our Lady “In the Gospel narrative of St Luke (Cf 2:22-31), another character also appears.He intrudes upon the scene without any apparent right to be there but, he had been inspired by God.This is the old and saintly […]

Thought for the Day – 2 February – The Purification of Our Lady — AnaStpaul