My Articulate Heart

Jesus said to his disciples   “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in name of the father son and the Holy Spirit. And teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” These compelling last words of Jesus must shake us out of the comfy sofas. This is a matter of urgency. Do we heed this urgent call? The Church exists to evangelize. All Christians without an exception are called to evangelize. The challenge of time is to make “faith” relevant to a highly secularized society that is desperately attempting to de-Christianize the world. And also re awaken those Baptized Catholics who lost their flavor and are living merely as Sunday Christians. Our beloved Pope Francis, during the World Youth Day at Rio, challenged the youth to courageously proclaim the Gospel with their life and word. He asked them to be missionaries. He reminded them that it is not an option but mandatory. Do we he...

Know your self first The key to knowing your spouse is knowing your own self first. It is only in God that we discover ourselves. As God reveals more of Himself to us we begin to understand more of ourselves. As we understand more of ourselves, we begin to understand others. If you seek to understand your spouse, begin by seeking God whole-heartedly. The mystery of Man and woman  The uniqueness of man and woman can only be understood in the mystery of the Trinitarian God. Creating human beings in his own nature, God made them man and woman. The union of man and woman points to the unitive and procreative nature of God’s love. The desire to give one self totally to the other is engraved in our bodies. The language, our bodies speak is that of self-donating love. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. [Mathew 16:25] Through disobedience humanity experienced sin and it left us wounded and broken. Jesus resto...

You and I are all called to holiness. We become holy not simply by what we do, but by what God does within us. Jesus, taking bread into His hands, said, “Take this and eat; this is My body, given for you.” Then He took the chalice and said, “Drink from it, all of you; for this is My blood of the covenant, poured out for the forgiveness of sins.” It is Jesus who makes us holy by giving us His complete self—Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity. In the Holy Mass, particularly in Holy Communion, a profound and mysterious exchange takes place. Christ gives Himself to us and draws our wounded humanity into communion with Him. We bring our brokenness to Him, and He gives us His life. Our old self is crucified with Christ, and we are called to become a new creation. The old passes away and the new begins. Because of this priceless exchange, we can increasingly say with St. Paul, “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.” (Galatians 2:20) God the Father, in His immense love and mercy...