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Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 3, Chapter 16

Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 3, Chapter 16

May 14, 2013
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Book Talk, Introduction to the Devout Life

CHAPTER XVI. How to possess a rich Spirit amid real Poverty. BUT if you are really poor, my daughter, for God’s Sake be so in…

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Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 3, Chapter 6

Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 3, Chapter 6

March 5, 2013
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Book Talk, Introduction to the Devout Life

CHAPTER VI. Humility makes us rejoice in our own Abjection. BUT, my daughter, I am going a step further, and I bid you everywhere and…

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Beyond Doubt

January 27, 2013
by Steven Thomas
Reflection

The greatest evidence for the Christian faith is the founder. In fact, if it were not true it would be beyond belief. Mystics of the…

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I weep for the Church

November 9, 2012
by Bekah
Exhortation

Has there ever been a time with greater access to truth?  We have the knowledge of the whole world–the vastness of space, the infinitesimal perfection…

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We are Confused 3

October 31, 2012
by Bekah
Exhortation

Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe dearth of catechesis in the previous few decades has caused no little amount of consternation in the present day.  And…

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The Long Silence

October 26, 2012
by Bekah
Note

In the midst of an affliction of turmoil, I took an impromptu web fast.  I think it was just the thing, to set down the…

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The Potter

October 5, 2012
by Steven Thomas
Reflection

Republished by Blog Post Promoter1 He comes to us in our brokenness as pottery 2 Maybe we’re broken into a few dozen pieces, or perhaps…

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John Henry Cardinal Newman

October 2, 2012
by Bekah
Catholic Quote of the Day, John Henry Cardinal Newman, Venerable

After the fever of life – after wearinesses, sicknesses, fightings and despondings, languor and fretfulness, struggling and failing, struggling and succeeding – after all the…

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I Don’t Like Being a Christian and Neither Do You

October 2, 2012
by Steven Thomas
Editor's Choice, Reflection

Republished by Blog Post PromoterGod’s will, my boundaries, pure selflessness. We may think, “Lord, yes!  I love you.  Any thing for you Lord.” I had…

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Satanic Affliction

September 24, 2012
by Steven Thomas
Personal Experience

It’s been over twenty years since I gave my life to Christ. I’ve told many stories about my travels toward the Kingdom. But this story…

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