Posts by Arrowood
Discerning Your Mission by Examining Your Heart
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Read MorePope says keep faith fresh, don’t become ‘lukewarm Christians’
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Remembering that first encounter and that initial feeling of loving and being loved is as important in one’s faith life as it is marriage, Pope Francis said during his early morning Mass. “If we throw away the enthusiasm that comes from the memory of that […] View the original article on…
Read MoreSharing with Others
The best gifts reflect the love that the giver has for the recipient. Today let’s reflect on how giving and receiving gifts can be a profound exchange of love.
Read MoreA New Pentecost? Can a New Charismatic Renewal Revive Lay Spirituality? Part 2
Part one of this 2-part series laid open some of the problems with the early Charismatic movement. In part 2 we going to explore how the movement could become an authentic Catholic lay movement. We’ve already seen quite a bit of maturity in the Catholic charismatic movement. Institutions like Franciscan University at Steuvenville, OH, have…
Read MoreA New Pentecost? Can a New Charismatic Renewal Revive Lay Spirituality?
To prepare for Pentecost, I have been leading a study in my parish using The Wild Goose. This is a program on the FORMED parish platform. The group enjoyed the simple but profound message of Father Dave Pivonka. But the amount of theological clarification I needed to do surprised me. It wasn’t that Father Dave…
Read MoreWhy Should We Give Alms?
We’re all familiar with the 3-fold discipline of Advent: prayer, sacrifice and alms giving. Prayer and sacrifice prepare our hearts to receive Jesus. They have the power to truly change our hearts. But what about alms giving? Obviously we know that giving food and money to the poor us a good thing to do. But…
Read MoreAn Illustration of Catholic Time Management: No Margin Ned – Pilot
For Catholics, time management is more than just becoming more efficient and productive. It’s about managing all of our personal resources so you can focus your life on what matters most. This fun video series by Kevin Hanly really embraces what Catholic Time Management is all about. Brought to you by Jeffrey S. Arrowood at…
Read MoreSpiritual Gifts – the Prophetic Charisms
Spiritual Gifts and the Prophetic Mission Through our baptism, every Christian is called to participate in Jesus’ prophetic mission – to share the Gospel through teaching and preaching. But some of us are specially equipped and empowered through specific charismatic graces to make this part of our Lord’s mission central to their lives. The prophetic…
Read MoreLent: It’s Only Ash Wednesday and I Already Miss My Netflix
I don’t know about you, but I”m a Lent wimp. I tend toward self-indulgence. So I find sacrifices very difficult. While I’m not writing this post on Ash Wednesday, the thoughts that inspired it did actually happen. I had spent the day with this year’s sacrifice – giving up watching Netflix (really the only source…
Read MoreCatholic Spirituality – the Sneakiest of the Seven Deadly Sins
Enemies of Catholic Spirituality The Seven Capital Sins (also known as the Seven Deadly Sins) make up the greatest enemy of Catholic spirituality in most of us. These are not just sins – they are habitual attachments that turn our hearts away from God. We need to conquer them in our lives if we hope…
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