#future – @fathershane on Tumblr

Faith draws the future into the present, so that it is no longer simply a “not yet”. The fact that this future exists changes the present; the present is touched by the future reality, and thus the things of the future spill over into those of the present and those of the present into those of the future.

Pope Benedict XVI (Spe Salvi, 7)

Source: vatican.va

#faith #hope #future #religion #catholic #christian #pope #faithful

fathershane

Having been urged to post a little bit of last weekend's retreat online, I resisted for a while, but anyway here you go.

This is just an 11-minute fragment talking about heaven and why we should think about more often than we do. The retreat was for 75 seminarians, as you'll be able to tell.

Just in case you needed more preaching in your Sunday... :-)

fathershane

We’re really at the dawn of Christianity.

Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger (1926-2007)

Source: ncronline.org

#history #christianity #christian #catholic #catholicism #paris #france #cardinal jean-marie lustiger #cardinal lustiger #future

fathershane

When the devil reminds you of your past, remind him of his future!

St. Teresa of Avila

#devil #god #past #future #discouraged #discouragement #depression #depressed #catholic #temptation #tempted #christian #prayer #spiritual #spiritual life #spirituality #sin #sinful #grace #faith