News Item: : Rejoice - Christ is in Command!
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Sunday 02 August 2015 - 09:25:31

We cannot recommend highly enough the practice of frequent Confession in these times. We pray that God would grant all of our readers a good confessor, who can also provide some spiritual direction and guidance.

Regular reception of the sacraments of Confession and Holy Communion, combined with daily praying of the Rosary, can keep each of us as open as possible to receiving Christ's grace and life.

It is so easy in these times to look only into the dark depths of the storm engulfing and inundating the Church and society. The devil and his demons seem to have infested so many places in our times, that Catholics can sometimes experience temptations to doubt, fear and even despair. Any Catholics who are truly faithful will be getting hammered in some way in these times. Many readers know this at first hand.  

Receiving the sacraments devotedly keeps Catholics close to Our Blessed Lord and gives them renewed strength. As such, they can become ever more open to the fact that, whatever evil is being permitted in these times, Jesus Christ remains in charge, above all things. He will, ultimately, draw a greater good from whatever evil is permitted on this earth.

By His grace, Christ gives us to see that He is above the present darkness, Kingly in His ineffable light. Indeed, He is light itself.

An earthly analogy, might be when an aircraft penetrates a storm-filled sky and enters into the beauty of glorious sunshine. Above the storm clouds is a whole realm of majestic brightness and tranquility.

It is Christ's grace in the sacraments which enables Catholics to keep faith in the existence of this reality. Whilst being aware of the storm and its dangers, we must not make it the centre of our spiritual life. Jesus Christ must always be our focus.

It is a good practice to spend some time each day thanking and praising God for the many gifts and graces He has bestowed on us. The fact that one knows Him and does one's best to love Him, in times such as these, is itself a real sign of His kindness and paternal care.

We offer for Sunday contemplation - and indeed consolation - the words which we normally post up on New Year's Day. They come from CCC 668, in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Jesus Christ is the Lord of the cosmos and of history. In Him, human history and indeed all creation are 'set forth' and transcendently fulfilled.

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