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Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 5, Chapter 7

Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 5, Chapter 7

April 15, 2014
Bekah
Book Talk, Introduction to the Devout Life

CHAPTER VII. Examination as to the Affectations of the Soul. I HAVE dwelt thus at length on these points, on a due examination of which…

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Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 4, Chapter 13

Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 4, Chapter 13

February 4, 2014
Bekah
Book Talk, Introduction to the Devout Life

CHAPTER XIII. Of Spiritual and Sensible Consolations, and how to receive them. THE order of God’s Providence maintains a perpetual vicissitude in the material being…

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Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 4, Chapter 6

Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 4, Chapter 6

December 17, 2013
Bekah
Book Talk, Introduction to the Devout Life

CHAPTER VI. When Temptation and Delectation are Sin. THAT princess, whom we have already taken as an illustration, was not to blame in the unlawful…

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Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 4, Chapter 5

Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 4, Chapter 5

December 10, 2013
Bekah
Book Talk, Introduction to the Devout Life

CHAPTER V. Encouragement for the Tempted Soul. GOD never permits such grievous temptations and assaults to try any, save those souls whom He designs to…

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Honeycomb

Sweeter than honey

August 17, 2013
Bekah
Personal Experience

Anxiety has bee plaguing me most of the summer. I know intellectually that God is calling me to a deeper trust in Him and rely…

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Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 3, Chapter 20

Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 3, Chapter 20

June 11, 2013
Bekah
Book Talk, Introduction to the Devout Life

CHAPTER XX. Of the Difference between True and False Friendship. TAKE notice, my child, that the honey of Heraclyum, which is so poisonous, altogether resembles…

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Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 3, Chapter 5

Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 3, Chapter 5

February 26, 2013
Bekah
Book Talk, Introduction to the Devout Life

CHAPTER V. On Interior Humility. TO you however, my daughter, I would teach a deeper humility, for that of which I have been speaking is…

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Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 3, Chapter 2

Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 3, Chapter 2

February 5, 2013
Bekah
Book Talk, Introduction to the Devout Life

CHAPTER II. The same Subject continued. SAINT AUGUSTINE says very admirably, that beginners in devotion are wont to commit certain faults which, while they are…

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The Body is to be Used

The Body is to be Used

January 20, 2013
Steven Thomas
Reflection

  Imagine God speaking a language, in five different dialects and it takes an open heart to hear everything God has to say.  But most of us…

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fear

Fear of Man

October 12, 2012
Steven Thomas
Reflection

Generally speaking, our prayers usually miss the mark particularly regarding ourselves.  For sure God is active in our lives, but not in the way we…

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