Aflame for Christ

Aflame 91 - The Redemption of Human Suffering

Since the beginning of time, men and women have cried out to God in the midst of suffering, "Why have You done this to us? Have you abandoned us?" God's answer to these raw and honest questions is the Cross. When we gaze upon the Cross, we see the meaning and the answer to human suffering - found so profoundly in a God Who suffers with us, and Who transforms suffering, through love, into something redemptive.

Aflame 90 - The Key to Sanctity Is Humility

Saints have been made from every walk of life, but the one common thread is that all holiness requires humility. And humility is the great theme of Holy Thursday - the humility of Our Lord in becoming a Servant of the servants, washing their feet; the humility of the Apostles, who must recognize their desperate dependence upon God; the humility of Jesus in offering His life in the Holy Eucharist. We see, at this most sacred Banquet, the beautiful demonstration of that saving humility which makes us so like God!

Aflame 89 - Man Can Only Find Himself In A Gift of Himself

Our world tells us that self-fulfillment is the purpose of life. "Live your dreams, pursue your own path, make the most out of it!" But Christ offers us a different, better way to live - a life lived for others, giving of oneself so that the fruit of virtues and the fruit of sanctified souls is borne in your life. Paradoxically, it is in dying to oneself that we find true joy and fulfillment - as Pope St. John Paul II says, "Man can only find himself in a sincere gift of himself!"

Aflame 88 - God So Loved the World

Our world is a mess...but Our Lord didn't hesitate to jump into it, even to "taking on" our sin for us. But many times we prefer the mess of our sin to the clean new life Christ desires for us. During this Lenten season, we have a profound opportunity to leave the mess of our sins through repentance and Confession, and embrace the joy and peace which come from our faith in Christ as Lord of our lives.

Aflame 87 - Right Worship

How do we best worship God? In the way in which He Himself intends! God has made it clear how to worship Him - in the Old Testament, He told His people not to make any idols or images of Him (hence, the problem with the Golden Calf) and in the New Testament, Jesus told us to "Do This in Remembrance of Me" in the Eucharist. Only when we rightly worship God will we find a rightly-ordered life filled with peace and tranquility!

Aflame 86 - Temptation and How to Overcome It

All of us feel tempted to sin. Our nature is weak, and the counterfeit happiness that sin offers us certainly feels attractive! So how to we overcome the universal experience of temptation? And why does God allow us to be tempted at all, knowing that it can separate us from Him? Tune in to hear how to deal with temptation!

Aflame 85 - You Are Going to Die

Memento Mori - Remember your death. Lent, and particularly Ash Wednesday, gives us the opportunity to reflect upon the shortness of life and the length of eternity. At the end of our lives, only two choices remain - an eternal triumph in Heaven, or an eternal tragedy in Hell. But Lent is a course correction, so that we may pursue Heaven more eagerly!

Aflame 84 - True Beauty

The average American spends over $1,700 annually on beauty products. But our demeanor and countenance has less to do with creams and makeup, and more to do with how it reflects the state of our soul. Sin disfigures us, while true beauty comes from a well-ordered soul resplendent in virtues.