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[9 Jun 2009 | View Comments | ]

Todd Lemieux gives a great reflection on Understanding and its role in generosity. Well said and something to pray and reflect on.
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[9 Jun 2009 | View Comments | ]

‘We live to love and be loved,’ teaches Pope while reflecting on Trinity

Pope Benedict told those present that “the ‘name’ of the Holy Trinity is impressed on everything that exists, because everything comes from love, reaches out for love and is moved by the spirit of love.”
“The greatest proof that we are all made in the image of the Trinity is that only love makes us happy, because we live to love and to be loved,” the Pontiff declared. “Borrowing an analogy from biology, we could say that the human …

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[9 Jun 2009 | View Comments | ]
Guest Post: Leading your Spouse to Heaven

I’ve asked guest blogger Dan Kenney to share his thoughts on our “Theology Lived” question this week: “How do you lead your spouse to heaven?” – Dan shares a beatiful reflection on the example his grandparents set and that he is seeking for his own marriage.

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[8 Jun 2009 | View Comments | ]
How do you lead your spouse to Heaven?

Marriage is an incredible gift – in marriage we find our life long companion who will share in the good and the bad. We find that equal with which to share all things – burdens and joys.
In the Catholic view of things Marriage is a vocation – a vocation ordered in getting the other to heaven. When we choose to join in marriage we are choosing to serve, minister to, and love the other person. The question is, to what end? – That end – the goal – the pinnacle …

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[5 Jun 2009 | View Comments | ]
Welcome to our New Home

Praise God – www.livinggracefully.net is live and ready to go. I’m excited to announce the launch of www.livinggracefully.net – your home for daily inspiration for Catholic living.
It is my goal that Living Gracefully would be a source of hope and inspiration for those who wish to be closer to God. In seeking more of God’s grace in our lives and learning how to live in that grace we can grow closer in relationship to God and learn to live more holy lives.
This is what sainthood is all about – riding …

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[5 Jun 2009 | View Comments | ]

Thanks to Todd Lemieux for his constant support and for highlighting Living Gracefully on his site. I want to welcome all of you Sainthood and Surrender readers and say thanks for joining us. Great things are in store so please subscribe via the links provided.
Remember – seek holiness in all things!
In Christ,
Chris Faddis
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[3 Jun 2009 | View Comments | ]

Todd Lemieux is a great Catholic man who does nothing half-heartedly. When Todd Lemieux says he is seeking Sainthood – I know he means it. He wants you to mean it to. Todd is looking for 1000 people to join him on the journey towards sainthood. What does this mean? It means making the decision to not live in mediocrity but to commit oneself to seek holiness in all things.
This is a difficult task and this is why Todd’s Sainthood Project is so important – because this is a task …