Practical ways to live your best life now!

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Practical ways to live your best life now!: YES YOU CAN LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE NOW! In my last two posts I talked about my new motto, BEST LIFE NOW! I talked about what it means...

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Kempis on: Judgment and the Punishment of Sin

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  1 Corinthians 4:5 “So don’t make judgments about anyone ahead of time—before the Lord returns. For he will bring our darkest secrets to light and will reveal our private motives. Then God will give to each one whatever praise is due.” Writing about judgement is very tricky as I know of the log in my eye (Matthew 7:3). I have come so far in my spiritual life, yet realize that, at any time, sin may come without warning. And if I don’t get to confession, judgement is right around the corner. It is with caution, yet fortitude (and a little wisdom), that I present what Thomas Kempis wrote about judgement and punishment. Most of the words, in this post, will come from Thomas Kempis’ “ Imitation of Christ ”, Chapter 24 in Book1. He doesn’t hesitate by opening up the chapter with the following paragraph: In all things consider the end; how you shall stand before the strict Judge from Whom nothing is hidden and Who will pronounce judgment in all justice, accepting neither bribes nor excus...
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Kempis on: Avoiding Idle Talk

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  Matthew 18:15-17 “If your brother sins [against you], go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that ‘every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church. If he refuses to listen even to the church, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector.
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Kempis on: Ourselves

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  Mathew 7:1-5 Jesus said to his disciples: "Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove that splinter from your eye,' while the wooden beam is in your eye? You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother's eye." GUILTY!  Yes, me, I am guilty! I learned a new word.  Vituperative . I was watching an interview, published a year ago, conducted by Matt Fraad of  Pints with Aquinas . He was interviewing the two authors of the book “ Calming the Storm ”; written by Father Gerald Murray and Diane Montagna. Have you read it? (My wife has. It wasn’t readily available on Kindle so I have yet to read it.) It’s an interesting format where...
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