Apostolate of the Divine Heart's Blog, page 19

The beauty of Our Father

Originally posted on THE DIVINE HEART OF GOD THE FATHER:
The radiant beauty of God the Father is stunning and immeasurable. In fact the sheer splendor of His Light and Love are beyond immense. When Our Father attracts a soul to Himself to develop an intimate relationship with her, nothing else matters for the soul. The soul remains there transfixed, gazing at God…

What is a Christian’s divine inheritance? Response to a question

Originally posted on THE DIVINE HEART OF GOD THE FATHER:
The question has been asked, “What is a Christian’s divine inheritance?” The answer in a nutshell is, “To live forever in the bosom of the Most Holy Trinity.” That is what Christ gave us with His Passion, death, and Resurrection. Happiness, peace, joy, and love…

Ideologization of the Catholic Faith in America

The past few years, but with much greater intensity and pervasiveness over the last two years, there has been a strong ideologization of the Catholic Faith in the United States for political and/or self-serving purposes.

For those who fear the Father

There is nothing of which to be afraid. He is, first and foremost, a Father - the loving Father.

The choice

You have a choice in front of God with regard to how you want to be judged when your time comes. Do you want to be judged with Infinite Mercy? Or do you want to be judged with Infinite Justice?

The Name of the Father is Mercy

I desire mercy, not sacrifice (Mt 9:13). It is sad that so many people, Catholics included, only know or perceive the Heavenly Father as Justice. They miss out on one very simple fact: the Name of the Father is Mercy. It is His highest attribute and that is because He is both a Father and […]

A warning

To all those Catholics in North America (and possibly elsewhere) who claim that the Catholic Church is being "destroyed" by the hierarchy and the latter should not be supported:

Discerning demagoguery from piety

A couple of points to consider when discerning demagoguery from piety, under the rationalizations of evangelization and the presentation of the One, True Faith:

No man is evil

There is a strong tendency these days in American culture to call people evil - evil this, evil that - and this is occurring even within various church circles themselves. Such parlance, however, is not only harmful and linguistically wrong. It is ontologically incorrect. 

Deification is the true aim of man

Deification - the restoration of the likeness (not the image) - is the true aim of man, not just salvation