Wednesday, July 31, 2024

FEAST OF ST ALPHONSUS LIGUORI. BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH.

FEAST OF ST ALPHONSUS LIGUORI, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH. 

"Jesus said to the disciples:


“The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind.


"When it is full they haul it ashore and sit down to put what is good into buckets. What is bad they throw away.

"Thus it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”

“Do you understand all these things?” They answered, “Yes.”


"And he replied, “Then every scribe who has been instructed in the Kingdom of heaven is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom both the new and the old.” When Jesus finished these parables, he went away from there." (Matthew 13: 47 - 53).


Thursday August 1st 2024 in 17th Week of Ordinary is the feast of St Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church.

St Alphonsus Liguori (1696 - 1787) is Italian.  St Alphonsus founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists). The Redemptorists are active today in missionary work all over the world. Alphonsus Liguori was trained in civil and canon law. He was an eminent moral theologian and sought after for his gifts as a confessor and spiritual director. 


St Alphonsus Liguori was also a writer and publisher of many books. He was gifted exceptionally by God. He was a very sick man most of his long life. 


One of the most delightful contributions of St Alphonsus Liguori is his teaching on the precious doctrine of Divine Providence. God's mighty, merciful and mysterious Providence governs all things. There is no exception to this divine law. 

This teaching can be found in a very small book called: UNIFORMITY WITH GOD'S WILL. 


St Alphonsus Liguori is the patron saint of moral theologians.


Our key Scripture for today deals with the most important subject of the Last Things. There are Four Last Things facing every human being: Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell.

The Four Last Things are taught twice this week by Jesus in Matthew 13. The Church teaches clearly the Four Last Things in the Catechism of the Catholic Church: "The Last Judgment will occur when Christ returns. Only the Father knows the hour..." (CCC 1040).


We know that the FOUR LAST THINGS is a certainty. It can not be postponed or negotiated. Now that we know the truth about the Last Judgment, we will be blessed in we live accordingly. 


August is the Month dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Mary says: "In the end. My Immaculate Heart will triumph." 

For Prayers of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Litany, Promises of Mary to those who say the Holy Rosary, etc click the link below:


http://seekfirst.blogspot.com/2023/06/immaculate-heart-of-mary-consecration.html?m=10 

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