Saint Teresa of Avila - Beware of false humility from the devil: Now be on your guard, daughters, against some types of humility given by the devil in which great disquiet is felt about the gravity of our sins. This disturbance can afflict in many … [Read more...]
Chaplet of Humility: Opening prayer: Father, give me the humility which realizes its ignorance, admits its mistakes, recognizes its needs, welcomes advice and accepts rebukes. Help me always to praise rather than criticize, to encourage rather … [Read more...]
On sonship - you need to be a better son instead of expecting your parents to be better parents. On sacrifice - ask God for what sacrifices you should offer up, rather than impose your own thoughts on God. On keeping secrets with God - A … [Read more...]
Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you! You were within me, but I was outside, and it was there that I searched for you. In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things which you created. You were with me, … [Read more...]
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Race with the Devil: My Journey from Racial Hatred to Rational Love by Joseph Pearce is a great biography of a man who realized he was in the gutter and wallowing in the dirt as a leader of the National Front, a British-nationalist, white-supremacist … [Read more...]
Morning Prayer to God: Heavenly Father, I give you this day. I offer you now all the good that I shall do and I promise to accept for love of you all the difficulty that I shall meet. Help me to conduct myself during this day in a manner pleasing … [Read more...]
Here are 4 perspectives on fasting: 1: Fasting and Christ Fasting is connected with Christ’s absence (Mt 9:15). Thus it is a law that no one fasts on Sundays or 50 days of Paschaltide. Denying material food, which nourishes our body, nurtures an … [Read more...]
Fr. Lorenzo Scupoli in Spiritual Combat, writes a direct and personal “do-it-yourself” book that allows the reader to put the truths of Christian spiritual warfare into practice on a daily basis. I have also used the following 2 books that are … [Read more...]
When enduring trials — what attitude does God want me to have toward this? The Message of the Arrows — my whole life has been shaped by unique arrows. What is the message attached to these arrows & what is my interpretation? Look through … [Read more...]
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