With all the recent tragedy in Central Texas our hearts are heavy with the loss. In Houston, we know someone who was impacted by the devastation. Situations like these bring us face to face with the fact that our lives can end on this earth in an instant, despite our age.
How often do you remember your death and remember God with the proper valuation of life?
Memento mori is a Latin phrase meaning “remember you must die,” and it holds deep spiritual significance in the Catholic tradition. Far from being morbid, it’s a call to live with purpose, humility, and eternal perspective.
What are you worried about, stressed about? What is breaking your heart right now. That stress will go away. Your heart will not remain broken. It will all be gone.
By baptism, we have died to the claim on our life. We must continue to die to the parts of us that say “mine” and return to the one who paid the price for us to live a life of freedom. Let’s remember we must die in order to live.
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Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty,
my memory, my understanding,
and my entire will,
All I have and call my own.
You have given all to me.
To you, Lord, I return it.
Everything is yours; do with it what you will.
Give me only your love and your grace,
that is enough for me.
– Ignatius Loyola
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