The Intellectual Life by A.G. Sertillanges is an "entirely Thomistic work" based upon St. Thomas Aquinas' Sixteen Precepts for Acquiring the Treasure of Knowledge: "it is priceless; we should like to imprint its every word in the inmost being of the … [Read more...]

Vulnerability:  to be vulnerable is to be open and this scares us because it leaves us open to being hurt. vulnerability is necessary for a real relationship with God or else you become self-enclosed & crash on the rocks of perfectionism and … [Read more...]

Vulnerability as a place of divine encounter God acts only for the good. God acts only to share Himself as love, namely Jesus Christ. The human person is invited to respond to this revelation of love with His own vulnerability; he is invited to … [Read more...]

Notes from Deacon Keating's talk on Virginity: A Positive Approach to Celibacy for the Sake of the Kingdom of Heaven by Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap Celibacy & Sacrificial Love One can live out sacrifice only if sacrifice is an offering to … [Read more...]

We must have the courage to invite young people to embrace the consecrated life not despite the virginity and celibacy it entails, but because of them, or at least also because of them (xi). Part 1: The Biblical Motivations for Virginity and Celibacy … [Read more...]