SERIOUS BUSINESS

OUR ETERNAL SALVATION DEPENDS..............

SALVATION

THINK ABOUT YOUR SALVATION

Brothers, I most strongly urge you to work for the salvation of your souls with prudence and diligence. Death is certain, and life is short and vanishes like smoke. Therefore you must fix your minds on the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ who so burned with love for us that he came down from heaven to redeem us………..
St Francis of Paola

CHRIST IS MAY SALVATION

“I slipped His fingers,
I escaped His feet,
I ran and hid, for Him I feared to meet.

One day I passed Him, fettered on a tree,
He turned His head, looked, and beckoned me.
Neither by speed, nor strength could He prevail.
Each hand and foot was pinioned by a nail.

He could not run and clasp me if He tried
But with His eye, he bade me reach His side.
“For pity’s sake,” thought I, “I’ll set you free.”
“Nay - hold this cross,” He said, “and follow Me.

This yoke is easy, this burden light
Not hard or grievous if you wear it tight.”
So did I follow Him who could not move,
An uncaught captive in the hands of love.“

-Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen

OUR SALVATION

WHAT A SICK SOUL COST OUR SAVIOUR

I don’t know how Jesus could stand up under its weight. He had my sin, your sin, our sin. He allowed it to be placed upon him so that we would not have to bear the consequences of it all. But in that sacrifice, as horrible as it was, we find ourselves healed — cured of the most awful disease a person can have, a sin-sick soul. He was pierced, crushed, and punished for our sins. In their place, he has left us his transforming peace and a place to belong.