From Jacque Philippe's In the School of the Holy Spirit (pgs 55-58) God's will, and hence the inspirations of his grace, obviously often go in the opposite direction from our immediate tendencies, in the sense that our tendency is often toward the … [Read more...]
"The practice of virtue became sweet and natural to me; to begin with, my struggle often showed in my face, but little by little this disappeared and renunciation became easy to me even at the first moment. Jesus said this: "To everyone who has will … [Read more...]
Summary: In The Weight of Glory, C.S. Lewis tries to weave "the strongest spell that can be found to wake [us] up from the evil enchantment of worldliness" (thanks to our educational systems and modern philosophies) because “we walk every day on the … [Read more...]
Mercy: “Mercy" in Latin = "misery" + “heart”. Mercy is the heart of God that comes to meet every human misery. Our Problem: We struggle to accept & receive the mercy of God because we have very little trust in God's forgiveness. And so … [Read more...]
From Story of a Soul pg. 47: "Our Lord knew that I was far too weak to face temptation; he knew that I would certainly have burned myself in the bewildering light of earthly things, and so he did not let it shine in my eyes. Where stronger souls … [Read more...]
The following text is from Aquinas' Summa Theologica II-II, q. 49, a. 1, ad 2 There are four things whereby a man perfects his memory. First, when a man wishes to remember a thing, he should take some suitable yet somewhat unwonted illustration of … [Read more...]
Christ’s Resurrection—Four Accounts, One Reality: Biblical Authority by Tim Chaffey Visual of the Main Events on Resurrection Day by Tim Chaffey (more to come...) … [Read more...]
Direct Link: Amoris Laetitia by Pope Francis (PDF click here) Summaries: Summary from the Vatican Links to Helpful Commentaries: Cardinal Schönborn praises 'Amoris Laetitia' stance on gay marriage @ CNA Pope Francis's New Document on Marriage: 12 … [Read more...]
Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, had a rude awakening when in 1888 a French newspaper, printed his obituary. Thinking that Alfred had died, instead of his brother, the premature obituary was headed, ‘The Merchant of Death is Dead’ (Le marchand … [Read more...]
Click here for a chapter by chapter summary. The Sown Field: Patience & Rest “The Kingdom of Heaven is likened unto a man who has sown his field with good seed” (Mt 8:24). On a physical level, the farmer is just as patient and aware of life in … [Read more...]
