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Blessed are the Gifts

April 10, 2014 pilgrim One comment

A couple of days ago on Facebook, my friend Rachel referred to the “seven gifts of the Spirit”. These are the gifts mentioned in the Prophet Isaiah:

And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
    the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
    the spirit of counsel [right judgement] and might [fortitude],
    the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord [piety]…

– Isaiah 11:2-3

I commented briefly on Rachel’s Facebook posting, saying that St. Augustine associated these seven gifts with Christ’s beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:3-10). In today’s post I wanted to explain in a little more detail what St. Augustine taught about the relationship between these gifts and the beatitudes…

Catholicism

Wise Words on Wednesday: Christian Glow Sticks

April 9, 2014 pilgrim 3 comments

“Christians are like glow sticks – they need to be broken before they can shine”

– Nathan Johnson

Quotation

In The Beginning: Adam Restored

April 8, 2014 pilgrim 2 comments

Last week I published a post in which I examined the different roles of Adam, as part of my In The Beginning series. I demonstrated from the Scriptures how Adam was a son of God, bridegroom, priest, prophet and king.

I explained that it’s important to understand these different roles of Adam because in understanding Adam, we come to understand the blueprint, God’s original design, the original state of affairs before everything started going all askew. Salvation History is the story of our redemption and the return to that original state of affairs.

In today’s post I’d like to look at how Adam’s various roles are taken up once more…

Catholicism

Music Monday: I can only imagine

April 7, 2014 pilgrim Leave a comment

I can only imagine
What it will be like
When I walk
By your side

I can only imagine
What my eyes will see
When your face
Is before me
I can only imagine

Surrounded by Your glory, what will my heart feel
Will I dance for you Jesus or in awe of you be still
Will I stand in your presence or to my knees will I fall
Will I sing hallelujah, will I be able to speak at all
I can only imagine

I can only imagine
When that day comes
And I find myself
Standing in the Son

I can only imagine
When all I will do
Is forever
Forever worship You
I can only imagine

Music

Lazarus Come Forth!

April 6, 2014 pilgrim Leave a comment

I was back at a Roman Rite parish today to cover the music ministry. The Gospel Reading this week was the episode where Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead.

A while back my work colleague, Thomas, told me about the Christian music he listened to growing up and he sent me a link to “Lazarus”, a song by an artist called Carmen. It’s a little cheesy and the music is a rather dated, but I’ve got to say I find this song rather charming… 🙂