There are important historical reasons for making a distinction between ministry and vocation.
It appeared everything would work out perfectly when Ivan the Great married Sophia Palaiologos. But when inheritance was discussed the problems arrived.
When the enemies of your faith surround you, don’t look to your own wits and wisdom.

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Give thanks for St. Michael and the angels who fight for you.
Are you tempted to say with the father in Mark 9, today or any day, "Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief"?
What a small thing in the big picture to give his head for the Head of the Church who would give his life for John and all sinners.
The Good Shepherd doesn’t leave the sheep to fend for themselves.
Paul knew that, without the resurrection, the Christian life was a “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video.
Heaven is yours now.
The relationship with God through Christ and renewal in his image in Christ cannot be taken away or compromised through suffering.
Sin is a heavy thing to bear. Its jacket is shame, its medals are guilt.
The church is called to preach the good news of Jesus Christ. Where is that message found? In every blade of grass, on every page of Scripture.
He declared you what you might not always feel you are, but what you were from the moment he knew you, before you were you, when he foreknew you.
Sometimes, we get prayer dementia. We can’t remember what we were going to pray for, we can’t put the words together, and, frustrated, there is nothing we can do but sigh and groan.
At the Transfiguration, we say farewell to alleluia and hello to the horrific reality of our lost condition.