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CHAPTER IV. Examination of the Soul’s Condition as regards God. 1. WHAT is the aspect of your heart with respect to mortal sin? Are you…
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CHAPTER VII. Remedies for Great Occasions. SO soon as you feel yourself anywise tempted, do as our little children when they see a wolf or…
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Advent has become one of my favorite Liturgical seasons. After months of Ordinary Time, we change directions and start looking ahead. Our focus becomes preparation,…
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CHAPTER XXIV. Of Society and Solitude. EITHER to seek or to shun society is a fault in one striving to lead a devout life in…
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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…
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Friendships have developed with two Priests particularly, they both are apostolic at heart. Father Andrew has a vision to revive pilgrimage, a real bond of…
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The blood of Christ has been shed over all creation, only unbelief blinds us to it. Your soul is covered in the…
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I’ve done the unthinkable the last few months, I have attempted to remove my private experience of God, or what I think is God and…
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The Lord had a prophet put His hand on my head a decade ago, and said amongst other things: “humble yourself, humble yourself ,…
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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…