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THE TRAGIC LOSS OF THE SENSE OF SIN: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTION: 10TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, CYCLE B, 2024

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According to Pope Puis XII, one of the greatest tragedies of modern man and woman is the loss of the sense of sin. Sin or moral evil is today widely dismissed as merely a religious notion. The notion of sin and its consequences are being watered down in the name that Christianity is not only guilt-lading. The mathematic simply removes sin from Christianity and it becomes a social organization of ethics of relative right and wrong.

christ, mercy, divine,
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CHRIST: THE FACE OF MERCY: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS: SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER. DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY, CYCLE B, 2024

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Christ is the visible face of the Divine Mercy of God. The most evidential proof is that God is not a moralist legalist or sadist bent on eternal punishment for sinners. It is the unfathomable mercy and grace at work in us even in our sinful state. “Where sin abounds, grace (or mercy) abounds much more.” Romans 5:20

AMAZING AND REJOICING GRACE: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTION: 4TH SUNDAY OF LENT, CYCLE B, 2024
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AMAZING AND REJOICING GRACE: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTION: 4TH SUNDAY OF LENT, CYCLE B, 2024

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The Christian life is full of an amazing and rejoicing grace in God when our souls meet with true repentance of sins and embrace the unfathomable mercy of God. No one is a Christian because he or she merits being one. It is all grace and nothing but grace. This is the most humble fact we must be conscious of daily.

mercy, grace, forgiveness
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THE INEXHAUSTIBLE MERCY OF GOD: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTION: 24TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, CYCLE C, 2022

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What makes Christianity unique from all other religions is the inexhaustible mercy of God in Christ Jesus. The Christian faith is never a religion of punishment. No matter the gravity of our errors, how many times and the manner of our mistakes, the mercy of God reaches all. In Christianity, therefore, Christ is the face of God’s mercy shown to lost humanity.

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DIVINE MERCY, THE UNFATHOMABLE GRACE OF GOD: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS: 2ND SUNDAY OF EASTER OR DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY, CYCLE C, 2022

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The Divine Mercy is the unfathomable grace of God! This is the Easter gift that the Church receives from the Risen Christ and offers to humanity. The devotion to Divine Mercy Sunday grew rapidly after its designation by Pope Saint John Paul II.

Empowerment, mercy, grace
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THE EMPOWERMENT OF GRACE AND MERCY: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS: 5TH SUNDAY OF LENT, CYCLE C, 2022

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The principal or central theme of this fifth Sunday of Lent is that there is empowerment through the grace and mercy of God in our sinfulness. God is never interested in the death or punishment of anyone of us due to sin. His grace and mercy always meet us in our state or moment of wretchedness. 

REPENTANCE
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THE GRACE OF REPENTANCE, RECONCILIATION AND RENEWAL: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS: 3RD SUNDAY OF LENT, CYCLE C, 2022.

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Truly, Lenten season is not only a moment of prayer, penance and charity, but also a time of repentance, reconciliation and renewal of our relationship with God and our brothers and sisters. It is a time to take full advantage of the grace and mercy of God made available to us through Christ Jesus. 

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THE CHRISTIAN LIFE: UNMERITED GRACE: THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, UNMERITED GRACE: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTION: 4TH SUNDAY OF LENT, CYCLE B, 2021

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he Christian life is an unmerited grace of God. No one is a Christian because he or she merits being one. It is all grace and nothing but grace. This is the most humble fact we must be conscious of daily.

temptations
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TEMPTATIONS ARE ALWAYS BOUND: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS: 1ST SUNDAY OF LENT, CYCLE B

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In our human life or existence, temptations are always bound to come our way. Interestingly, these temptations are not meant to ruin, to obstruct or to destroy us. They are tests or trials meant to strengthen us, to empower us as winners not losers in Christendom.