For this is why I sought the Church: I wanted to know what needed to be defined, and what I was free to leave to…
CHAPTER XXX. Further Counsels as to Conversation. LET your words be kindly, frank, sincere, straightforward, simple and true; avoid all artifice, duplicity and pretence, remembering…
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…
CHAPTER XXIX. On Slander. FROM rash judgments proceed mistrust, contempt for others, pride, and self-sufficiency, and numberless other pernicious results, among which stands forth prominently…
CHAPTER XXVIII. Of Hasty Judgments. JUDGE not, and ye shall not be judged,” said the Saviour of our souls; “condemn not, and ye shall not…
CHAPTER XXVI. Of Conversation; and, first, how to Speak of God. PHYSICIANS judge to a great extent as to the health or disease of a…
CHAPTER XXV. On Modesty in Dress. S. PAUL expresses his desire that all Christian women should wear “modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety;” [125] –and…
CHAPTER XXIII. On The Practice of Bodily Mortification. IT has been said that if one writes a word on an almond, and then replace it…
The beginnings one can only watch and see. Father Quinn as mentioned in prior posts has a work up in Door County. A couple…
CHAPTER XXI. Remedies against Evil Friendships. HOW are you to meet the swarm of foolish attachments, triflings, and undesirable inclinations which beset you? By turning…
