Apostolate of the Divine Heart's Blog, page 29

The theophanic ministry of the icon and the restoration of souls

The theophanic ministry of the icon (as different from a religious painting) leads to the restoration and return of souls to their Creator and Father not just by its intrinsic beauty, which both leads in a mysterious manner to and transmits the beauty of Him Who is Other, but by drawing souls beyond the pale […]

The darkened nous and the pure in heart

They love God. They want Him and they desire Him to come and live with them forever. Or do they? The pure in heart shall see God (Mt 5:8). They pray to Him and they, at times, spend hours telling others about Him, bringing them to God. Or do they? The pure in heart shall […]

The blindness of the spirit in the souls of humankind

Deluded. Deceived. Confused. Disoriented. Unable to see at the spiritual level and understand, with the latter two abilities being direct gifts of grace of the Holy Spirit. Yet most of humankind, in particular in developed nations, considerthemselves enlightened to this day, both in the camp of the left and in the camp of the right, […]

The wedding banquet and the vast majority of the People of God

Jesus answering, spoke again in parables to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king, who made a marriage for his son.And he sent his servants, to call them that were invited to the marriage; and they would not come.Again he sent other servants, saying: Tell them that were invited, Behold, I […]

By their fruits you shall know them

It has become the fashionable custom in developed societies, first world nations, to identify as a Christian, in particular in the face of perceived or actual not-so-friendly secular governments. Hard identity Christianity or hard identity Catholicism, they call it. And it is considered both a counter-cultural statement in the public sphere and one of the […]

How the icon will save the souls of humankind and restore Christianity

What are icons? Icons are sacramental avenues of divine grace that struggle in our times both for the Church and for the faith, in a similar, albeit inverse, manner to when the Church struggled for the icon during the major periods of iconoclasm in the history of Christianity. It is the icon that will bring […]

Jesus Christ, Savior of the world

It is Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God the Almighty Father, who is the Savior of the world. Not politicians, right or left, elected or appointed, and not kings and queens, no matter what all the aforementioned created human persons may claim. Only Christ is the Son of God. Only Christ come again, […]

Happy Thanksgiving

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Pray for America and for the world

Today and tomorrow, the final days of the general elections in the United States, pray that the Will of God the Almighty Father be done in relation to America and to the world.Filed under: God the Father

The icon of Our Lady of Springfield

Originally posted on REFLECTIONS FOR THE SOUL:
The 9″ x 12″ original icon of Our Lady of Springfield, shown herewith, has been stolen. If anyone out there has any kind of information about it, please get in touch with me. Thank you.