How can we find consolation and comfort when a loved one or friend has died? In today’s meditation, Johann Gerhard reminds us that life in this world is like sailing on a stormy sea. When God takes our dear loved ones, they are actually safer in the hands of Christ. …
Today, with Johann Gerhard, we continue finding consolation at the death of loved ones or friends. Gerhard gives us a uniquely Christian way of looking at death. Death itself is far from “natural.” In fact, it is our fiercest enemy. But because of Jesus’ death and resurrection, death has become …
The apostle Paul wrote: “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21). In today’s meditation, Johann Gerhard expands on what St. Paul said and leads us to find consolation at the death of loved ones or friends. Source: Sacred Meditations by Johann Gerhard, pages …
God has knit together His elect people into one communion in the mystical body of His Son Jesus Christ. We pray that …
As Election Day 2020 in the United States nears, we pray God to guide the people of our land as they vote. …
Johann Gerhard continues to spark our desire for eternal life, this time by comparing that blessed life with what we know now. …
Today we remember and thank our Lord for Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles. As they were faithful and zealous in their …
In Meditation 46, Johann Gerhard kindles our desire for eternal life by proclaiming that God is our true happiness and security and …
In Meditation 46 of his Sacred Meditations, Johann Gerhard stirs up our desire for eternal life. Source: Sacred Meditations by Johann Gerhard, …
We pray that God would increase in us His gifts of faith, hope, and charity (love), and that we may love what …
