From: Barclay, William. "Commentary on Mark 8". "William Barclay's Daily Study Bible". http://www.studylight.org/commentaries/dsb/mark-8.html. 1956-1959. "Whoever seeks to save his life shall lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and for … [Read more...]

Sources used for summary: 1. Basil of Caesarea. “The Book of Saint Basil on the Spirit.” St. Basil: Letters and Select Works. Ed. Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. Trans. Blomfield Jackson. Vol. 8. New York: Christian Literature Company, 1895. Print. … [Read more...]

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...]

Click here for a PDF of the Everlasting Man by Chesterton Praise for The Everlasting Man C.S. Lewis credited The Everlasting Man with “baptising” his intellect, much like George MacDonald’s writings had baptized his imagination. This intellectual … [Read more...]

My summary notes from Fr. Thomas Dubay's Deep Conversion/Deep Prayer: For chapter by chapter summaries: (click here) 3 key insights from the book:   1. We have a remarkable resistance to conversion due to sin “There are more people converted … [Read more...]