“One of the essential conditions of interior freedom is living in the present moment”. Jacques Philippe, Interior Freedom (pg. 81) God is in the present. Sure He was present in the yesterdays, and will be present again in the tomorrows, but He is also very much Alive and Present in […]
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Charity Begins at Home
Charity begins at home and there’s no need to compare the glorious moments of another’s life with the ordinary moments of ours.
S02 Episode 7 – Preparation and Lent
It was the most drab, the most difficult and draining. Burdensome and an inconvenience. But when we put it in the context of salvation, all of a sudden Lent is a gift in itself. What gratitude we can have, and ought to have for this time.
Episode 6. When Jealousy enters a friendship
What do you do when Jealousy enters a friendship? How do you navigate it? Have a listen to this week’s Episode of Living Fullness to find out.
All we were created to be
Elise explores the purpose of Virtue Ministry – all we were created to be. She explores and introduced creation in Genesis to us as a starting point for a year, as we begin to unpack the Virtues.
Episode 5. Gratitude and the Virtue of Justice
What does Justice have to do with Gratitude? and how do you overcome an ungrateful heart? and what is it’s link to a contrite heart. Have a read of the show notes or listen to this week’s episode on Living Fullness to find out.
Ep 3. Online dating Part 2
Part 2 of Online Dating with a focus on Not stringing people along, How many you should date at any one time, ending contacts in the online world when you’ve met someone, and ending contacts without ghosting anyone
S2 Ep2 – Online Dating
We did a live stream earlier today, if you missed it check out our page, join any tier to access the live stream, where we talked a bit about the break, padre shared about settling into Narrandera, and Stina about Virtue Ministry plans moving forward, and we talked about what’s coming in this season of Living Fullness.
This is a Patrons Choice Episode.
Is there a place for online dating? – Yes, so long as it’s used as a platform to meet people and not a platform to grow in depth of relationship.
S2 Ep1 – Why do we have a desire for God?
Compendium answer: ‘God himself, in creating man in his own image, has written upon his heart the desire to see him. Even if this desire is often ignored, God never ceases to draw man to himself because only in God will he find and live the fullness of truth and happiness for which he never stops searching. By nature and by vocation, therefore, man is a religious being, capable of entering into communion with God. This intimate and vital bond with God confers on man his fundamental dignity.’
8. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
The cross is the way to heaven. Standing for your conviction and for the one you love, God, when God is not who the world generally loves, that will cause all kinds of friction. The beatitudes see heaven as our end goal, the world can’t see past death. To the world, this makes no sense. Suffering makes no sense. Persecution is to be avoided at all cost and not embraced for love of God.