by Christina Semmens | Jul 26, 2018 | Blog, Christian Living, holiness
“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.” — St. Augustine This quote by St Augustine has made its rounds in various forms throughout the years since Augustine first wrote it back in the 4th century. However,...
by Christina Semmens | Jul 25, 2018 | Blog, Christian Living, evangelization
For many today, love is understood to mean that you must accept whomever the person says they are and whatever it is that they choose to do. This supposedly shows you have respect for the person’s freedom and individuality, and how they choose to express...
by Christina Semmens | Jul 18, 2018 | Blog, Christian Living, evangelization, holiness
“If today you hear the sound of God’s voice, harden not your hearts.” This verse from Scripture always gives me pause. Pause because I have to consider 2 things: 1) whether I have heard God’s voice, and if so, what have I heard? And 2) if I haven’t heard...
by Christina Semmens | Jul 16, 2018 | Blog, Christian Living, evangelization, holiness
I just spent the last 4 days with a phenomenal group of people at a Cursillo de Cursillo retreat that was held in Montgomery Alabama at St Bede’s Catholic Church. Everything throughout the days–the prayer and meditations (thanks, Deacon Mark!), the talks...
by Christina Semmens | Jul 13, 2018 | Blog, Christian Living, holiness
All of us have a mentality. Our mentality are the ideas, values and beliefs from which our minds interpret, appreciate and believe a certain reality. In other words, what I perceive and what I think about what I perceive, creates my reality. Whether we acknowledge it...
by Christina Semmens | Jul 11, 2018 | Blog, Christian Living, holiness
Yesterday, I wrote about the transcendentals–goodness, truth and beauty, and how being aware of their presence around us enriches our life. But there is another aspect to the transcendentals that I want to draw your attention to. Primarily, to reflect upon which...