Tag Archives: Good works

INSPIRED BY SACRIFICE. 1 Corinthians 1:18,27.

Are you inspired by sacrifice? By soldiers who die for their country? By athletes who gut it out? By people who fast for enlightenment? These are great things; they should inspire. But sacrifices mean nothing until you accept the sacrifice of Jesus. Growing up in Manhattan in the 1950s, my uncle Bill was inspired byContinue reading “INSPIRED BY SACRIFICE. 1 Corinthians 1:18,27.”

Your Good Deeds are Not Good Enough. Isaiah 64:6.

My grandfather lived in the woods of East Louisiana. There was no cathedral and no church. But the priest would ride up on his horse every third Sunday and hold mass in the school house. I used to share that story with Catholics so I could talk to them about faith. I would say, “Well,Continue reading “Your Good Deeds are Not Good Enough. Isaiah 64:6.”