make joy normal: Catholics in the new springtime
The Church is experiencing a profound renewal — a new springtime of faith. But what does that look like in your home? In your parish? In your daily life?
We are living in a time of tremendous opportunity for renewal: a new springtime. As Catholics, we aren't called to retreat from the world, but to become leaven within it—to live so fully in the joy and freedom of the Gospel that our lives might become an invitation.
Let's explore what it means to live as an authentic Catholic family in our time: the beauty of the Faith, the reality of raising children in Christ, the struggles and triumphs of Catholic life, and how ordinary families become instruments of the New Evangelization. From marriage and parenthood to education and community, let's look at how joy—rooted in Christ and His Church—might become the normal rhythm of Catholic life.
Let's usher in the New Springtime Pope John Paul II proclaimed. Catholic family life doesn't have to look perfect to be beautiful. The world doesn't need more noise. It needs to see Catholics living with conviction, charity, and contagious joy.
Let's make joy normal.
make joy normal: Catholics in the new springtime
Grace: an interview with John Paul Meenan
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I interview John Paul Meenan, professor at Seat of Wisdom College in Ontario. From a Catholic perspective, we explore the idea of Grace. What is grace, responding to grace, how to increase out capacity for grace. What is the role of grace in our lives, and what does that mean for parents. He is fluent in St. Thomas, and we benefit as parents from the insight he brings alive.
3:27 -The definition of grace and how to grow in grace
19:41 - Are harder sacrifices more meritorious?
23:50 - Concrete examples for parents how to access grace
34:32 - What if we've messed up? How can we access grace at this point?
44:12 - Having a plan of life
48:07 - Grace builds on nature
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https://www.seatofwisdom.ca
The Diary of a Country Priest
https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HT
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