10 Catholic Things That Caught My Eye Today (June 21, 2016)

1. God upholds his city for ever.

#StAloysiusGonzaga, whose feast is today, exemplifies these words of #Jesus in today's Gospel. #Salvation #diobpt pic.twitter.com/nKynniFjtD

— St. Catherine's (@StCathTrumbull) June 21, 2016

Today is the Feast of St. Aloysius Gonzaga. How much do you really love Jesus? Is it enough to suffer for His sake? pic.twitter.com/HP8zuk43rc

— Diocesan Priest (@diocesanpriest) June 21, 2016

Today is the Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, patron saint of Roman Catholic youth. See Magnificat art commentary https://t.co/73CSMG0vl4

— Magnificat US (@MagnificatMag) June 21, 2016

5. Courageous and Truthful Enough to be Merciful?

6. Saint Aloysius to his mother, from the Liturgy of the Hours today:

our parting will not be for long; we shall see each other again in heaven; we shall be united with our Savior; there we shall praise him with heart and soul, sing of his mercies for ever, and enjoy eternal happiness. When he takes away what he once lent us, his purpose is to store our treasure elsewhere more safely and bestow on us those very blessings that we ourselves would most choose to have.

Today's the feast of St Aloysius Gonzaga: statue from outside the Jesuit church in Valletta, Maltahttps://t.co/MYXC2QNott

— Fr Lawrence Lew OP (@LawrenceOP) June 21, 2016

8. Fr. Steve Grunow:

Christ insists we seek the mysterious “narrow gate” as our route of access to God. This gate is Christ himself and the way of life that he gives to us.

The way to God is not something that we make up out of our ideas or opinions or feelings, this would be the wide and broad way that Christ insists leads only to destruction. It would also seem to us to be an easier way and it is- but it cannot save and it cannot redeem. Rather than taking us to God it traps us in our own ego, and once imprisoned in the ego, the route of access to God is blocked, obstructed.

Christ and his way of life are more difficult, but he takes us where we need to go. He is the privileged route of access to God and his way sanctifies, heals and redeems.

We could choose another way other than Christ, but Christ the Lord insists that we should not have any illusions about the end result of such a decision. Christ wants us to flourish. He wants us to share his divine life. He wants us all to be saved. But is this what we want? We must make a decision.

Our era is a confusing and uncertain time. Jesus Christ is a trustworthy anchor. [WMOF Catechism]

— Bishop Barres (@BishopBarres) June 21, 2016

10.

"People are made for happiness. Rightly, then, you thirst for happiness in Jesus Christ." – Saint John Paul II pic.twitter.com/cR3GgZ3Rcx

— Fr.John Rozembajgier (@Rozembajgier) June 21, 2016

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