St. John's Catholic Men's Fellowship

 

 "Where do the wars and where do conflicts among you come from? Is it not from your passions that make war within your members?" (James 4:1) So, all these dysfunctions caused by envy and ambition... where do they come from, ultimately? They come from disorders inside of us... It's when there's a disintegration inside there tends to be disintegration on the outside. When I fall apart spiritually and psychologically on the inside I tend to sow disorder and disintegration outside. I've used before that image of the rose window, those beautiful windows in the gothic churches at the center of which is always a depiction of Christ. And then wheeling around that center are all the different elements of the window connected harmoniously to each other and to the center... That's an image of the well-ordered soul, isn't it?

 

We will be starting a new Bible study of the Gospel According to Matthew on April 11 ay 6PM. All the information you need is at this link:  Click Here .

 

    Before reading the Bible, pray this prayer of St. John Chrysostom Sometimes we can approach reading the Bible just as we would any other book. But we should do our best to remember that it isn't just any book. Instead it is God's word. We need to make of our hearts fruitful soil for the Word of God to take root.