Catholic Bible Study Series: Nativity of Christ in the Gospels

As we approach celebration of Christmas, reflecting on Christ’s birth will not only help us to bring into our families the spirit of Christmas but also will help us to appreciate the mystery of Christ’s birth and it’s meaning. Christ’s birth was both a fulfillment of messianic promises and arrival of a Savior to the entire world.

The 5 Most Important Questions and Answers About Jesus

Intelligent answers to 5 foundational questions about Jesus: 1. How can Jesus be both God and man? 2. How could Jesus be born a virgin birth? 3. Why was Jesus born a virgin birth? 4. How could Jesus come back from the dead? 5. Why did Jesus have to die to save mankind?

Heaven Is Not Location : From The Mysticseed

Imagine if you will, that your true essence is like dark infinite space, which represents your true self and is also the biological expression of your forgetfulness of life.

Here’s Something To Chew On With Your Turkey

Is Thaksgiving a holiday for the body or the soul? Is spirituality at odds with gorging the tastebuds? Find out how to harmonize the body and the soul on this pervasive holiday.

It’s My Karma? – Drop that Spiritual Crutch!

Karma can be a huge influence in our lives, especially for folks who are walking a spiritual path. We meet someone, end up in a crazy situation and then say “Oh, I’m working out my Karma with this person.” And then that’s it, we do nothing. How does that help out Karma? Doesn’t that just create more Karma for us? Here’s a perspective on “It’s My Karma”.

Catholic Bible Study Series: Matthew Chapter 1:1-17

Limiting Christ genealogy to Israelitic descent, Gospel of Saint Matthew has at aim to show how Jesus was connected with the leading recipients of the messianic promises, Abraham and David and the David’s royal lineage. Keeping in mind that the audience of Matthew’s Gospel were mainly representatives of Judeo-Christian, the aim of the genealogy becomes clear. Matthew’s Gospel aimed to present Jesus Christ as expected Messiah promised to the chosen people through the ages. This genealogy also shows how God continued to be faithful to his people by placing his the hope in the midsts of all stages of Israel’s history, faith of patriarchs (Abraham), unfaithfulness (David) and struggle (Deportation to Babylon).

What Is Your Weakness

This article helps you to identifies your weaknesses and to help you to understand how to overcome them

Understanding, Developing and Using Our Intuition

R. Buckminster Fuller the late philosopher and creator of the geodesic dome, called intuition “cosmic fishing.” He went on to explain that once you feel the nibble you have to hook that fish. A lot of people, he said, just get a hunch and then light a cigarette and forget about it.

Gurus – Finding Your Spiritual Inspiration

The guru in Sanskrit is taken from the root ‘ gŗí ‘ (to praise, but guru means venerable), as in fact, the guru is worthy of all praise. The work of the guru is to bring his or hers student from darkness into the light of knowledge. A guru is a spiritual guide and preceptor. Here we will show you how to find yours.

Catholic Bible Study Series: Synoptic Gospels

Among first four books of the New Testament that proclaim the “Good News” brought by Jesus Christ, also known as Gospels, the first three are so alike, that many passages can be placed side by side. These three books, the Gospels according to Saints Matthew, Mark , and Luke are often referred to or called “Synoptic Gospels”. Word “Synoptic” comes from Greek and literally means “with one eye”. The term indicates that synoptic gospels should be viewed and studied as it were with “one eye”, they should be seen together due to many factors; describing same events from life of Jesus Christ, using same sources and even relying on each other.

Forgiveness

On the surface, grudge seems to be people-based, but that is just the cover for the fact it is truth-based. We all know nothing we do will work to alter the fact that the dream is what “right now” is, and “we” are in this thing together.

Born Right the First Time?

The purpose of most religion is to make us “better” than we currently are. The Biblical premise is that all human beings are fatally flawed, not good enough and in need of vast improvements and control of their “human nature.” Without this ongoing overcoming of the evil self, growing towards a better kind of person and change, one runs the risk of being so not good enough that they will spend eternity, for their inability to change over a rather short lifetime, in a punishing hell. This is not a spirituality that one need struggle with or be the monkey on one’s own back over.