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Matthew, Chapter, Verse 9 Then he touched their eyes and said, “Let it be done for you according to your faith.”
If we accept the call we will be empowered according to our faith and prepared for our work from on high with wisdom and understanding and fear of the Lord. In fact the Church has traditionally enumerated seven gifts of the spirit: wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety and fear of the Lord. Fear of the Lord enamors the soul with an intense respect for the Church and the commandments of God. This reverence frees the soul and lightens a person’s worldly fears and concerns. This is what happens to the happy soul that accepts the “Yoke” of Christ. 29"Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. 30"For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." (Matthew 11:29-30)
It is essential that we pass through worldly fear to grow to Godly fear; getting to the point where we love the Lor…

Isaiah, Chapter 26, Verse 3 With firm purpose you maintain peace; in peace, because of our trust in you.”
Can a warrior be at peace and can a weak-willed person be at war? How can a man that is not at peace with himself ever find happiness or blessedness?
Ancient and Modern Concepts of Happiness[1]
My topic today is Jesus' concept of happiness. And we must begin with the dullest and most necessary preliminary: defining our term. Nearly everyone, from Aristotle to Freud, agrees that we all seek happiness, and that we seek it as an end, not as a means. No one seeks happiness for any other reason. We argue about other things, but not about happiness. We may say, "What good are riches if they don't make you happy?" But we don't say, "What good is happiness if it doesn't make you rich?" This is clear, to both ancients like Aristotle and moderns like Freud. But there is a very significant difference between the typically ancient and the typically modern meani…

Feast of Saint Andrew, Apostle
Romans, Chapter 10, Verse 17 Thus faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ.


Catechism of the Catholic Church
142By his Revelation, "the invisible God, from the fullness of his love, addresses men as his friends, and moves among them, in order to invite and receive them into his own company." The adequate response to this invitation is faith. 143By faith, man completely submits his intellect and his will to God. With his whole being man gives his assent to God the revealer. Sacred Scripture calls this human response to God, the author of revelation, "the obedience of faith". 144 To obey (from the Latin ob-audire, to "hear or listen to") in faith is to submit freely to the word that has been heard, because its truth is guaranteed by God, who is Truth itself. Abraham is the model of such obedience offered us by Sacred Scripture. The Virgin Mary is its most perfect embodiment.
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