My notes from: St. John Cassian's conferences on from The Philokalia: The Complete Text compiled by St Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain and St. Makarois of Corinth: Volume One, translated from the Greek and edited by G.E.H. Palmer, Philip Sherrard, … [Read more...]

Work Cited: St. John Chrysostom, "On the Priesthood: A Treatise in Six Books" translated by Rev. Patrick Boyle, C.M. The Newman Book Shop, Westminster, Maryland: 1943, print. Translation used from Greek text, Benedictine edition, found in Migne's … [Read more...]

St. John Paul II's Dies Domini, Keeping the Lord's Day Holy, was an Apostolic Letter published on the feast of Pentecost 1998. References: Dies Domini Apostolic Letter from Vatican Small group study guide for Dies Domini from Archdiocese of … [Read more...]

From: Dubay, T. (1989). Fire Within: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the Gospel—On Prayer (pp. 70–71). San Francisco: Ignatius Press. Fr. Thomas Dubay lists the following 9 traits that are common to all infused contemplation:  1. … [Read more...]

My notes from the book: God's permitting will allows suffering to be redemptive and bring people back to God. But God's perfect will, as He is the divine physician, is that all may be healed. "Nazarene Syndrome" = Jesus failed to heal people in … [Read more...]

My notes from the book: General Summary of the Book: Pope Benedict made history by being the first Pope in over 700 years to resign from office. The Catholic Church the world over was stunned. Worn out by corruption in the Church and by an endless … [Read more...]