Faith

a stark question can be 

very helpful -:

Is your faith real or

only words?
How do you know?
by the fruit it bears when

lives are changed

sin is overcome

habits of death are 

starved by the 

Bread of Life and Gospel 
Life’s treasures are discovered...

What is the measure of true faith?

obedience because

it is only when
faith is lived out in
compliance to His Word

as taught in His Body
passed down from
the beginning

only then can
faith be secure and
grow in fruitfulness for
faith and obedience

go hand in hand

it is easy to say
'I am a believer' -

picking and choosing

what I believe and
what I obey

only makes a Pharisee

not so with

'I am obedient' -

love demands consistency

in belief and action

faith is grounded in truth

expressed in obedience

which is expressed in fidelity

it's easy to talk ‘faith talk’

it’s easy to feign fidelity

it’s easy to push 

one’s own agenda

in the name of faith but

not so much when

crucifixion

is at stake

it is in giving over ourelves...

values...plans...will...control that
faith encounters trust

and trust encounters love

Jesus is the model of
trust and love...Mother

Mary and the disciples

follow His example

demonstrating how to
believe...trust...love
their Lord and Savior by

blood spilled in the

holding fast of faith
not in the transitory gains

from empty words of
self's boastful claims

faith will grow when we

put ourselves in a position of
service and readiness to
obey the One who

Obeyed His Father 

Believed His Word

Trusting in Love 

even when it led to

His Death

so which way will you go?

which path are you following

the way of self-will or the
way of death to self?

it is only in asking plainly

and simply that you will

find your answer...

Are you ready to give away your life?

Are you willing to put aside

your vision of faith for

the Way of the Kingdom of Heaven

handed down...codified in His Word

guarded and proclaimed in

Sacred Tradition by His Church?

Faith's obedient response

grounded in Trust and Love

proves the Truth of belief

as it is rooted in righteousness

not letting itself be
deceived by disobedience

in a faith
gutted of Truth

Reflection / Discussion:

-How can you tell True Faith vs Feigned Faith?

-How do Faith and Obedience go hand-in-hand?

-What are some examples in today's Church ?

-What is Modernism? 

-What are some examples?

-Why is it a heresy?

-How can you grow in Faith?

-How does Scripture and Tradition fit into one's Faith?