Fr. Ed Broom, OMV

Catholic Ignatian Marian Spirituality

HOPE, HAPPINESS, HEAVENLY HOME

 

The Ascension of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ into Heaven, 40 days after the Resurrection is sure reason for
hope, happiness and joy as our heavenly home awaits all of us who love the
Lord, follow His Commandments and serve Him in love by serving our brothers and
sisters, especially the poor, forgotten, marginalized and the abandoned.
Could it not be clearer on how to get
to heaven, the words of Jesus:  “I was
hungry, thirsty, naked, sick and in prison and a foreigner and you helped
me!  Whatsoever you did to these least of
my brothers, that

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APOSTLES FOR THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

 

As Christian-Catholics we are all called to be apostles. The proof! Baptism! In the ceremony of Baptism, shortly
after the water has been poured on the head and the Trinitarian formula has
been pronounced the minister anoints the head of the newly-baptized with chrism
endowing him/her with a triple function: to be priest, prophet, and king.  Prophet, what does that mean? Simply this: to
extend the Kingdom of Christ through word and example!
Next, Confirmation!  Confirmation strengthens the Gifts of the
Holy Spirit within us, but also summons us to actively live out our role as
Apostles.  The Bishop 
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SPIRITUAL MAPQUEST: TEN SIGNPOSTS TO HEAVEN

What is the quickest, easiest, most efficient path to arrive at my destination? Response! Checkout MapQuest on
line! After “Googling” in, bingo! There it is and as simple as a few clicks on
the computer.  The colored map, the back-streets and Highways to take, North, South, East or West! Not only the
quickest route but also, the mileage and the precise time it takes to arrive at
my destination!  Wow!  What a time-saver over the famous “Thomas Map”, used far and wide for many years!  If followed correctly, the end result will be safe arrival, home-sweet-home!

Now, “Spiritual-MapQuest”!   What, you
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THE GIFT OF GIFTS: THE HOLY SPIRIT.

Jesus said, “Ask and you will
receive, seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you…”
Also, Jesus said that anything that you ask in my name I will give you and ask
so that your joy will be complete.

What then should we ask of the Lord,
especially because goodness, generosity, magnanimity, overflowing bounty, is
His the essence of His nature?
Many ask and do not receive because
the petition will not result in glorifying God, in one’s own sanctification,
nor in the sanctification of others. As a good Father, God can say “No”
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PERMANENT FORMATION: WE ARE A WORK IN PROGRESS

 

Workshops for teachers, spring
training for Baseball players, ongoing courses for professionals, coaching,
reviewing, updating, cutting away the dead branches and debris— life demands
constant labor to improve, upgrade and perfect.
Even more important must be the
constant labor at ongoing formation for followers of Our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ.   All of us our a W.O.P.— “A
work in progress”, an incomplete project, 
a task that can always be improved.
It is not uncommon for me to meet
adults who received a poor catechetical formation to make their First
Communion, and then from that day of their First
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