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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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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 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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The dearth of catechesis in the previous few decades has caused no little amount of consternation in the present day. And rightly so. An uncatechized…
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God, I pray that you would heal the Church, bearing her wounds in your Sacred Heart. Hold not back your tender mercies toward her. Remember…
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This verse has been floating around my head for the last week now. “For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities…
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This Vlog was actually shot more than 6 weeks ago. We have had so many hurdles to getting this posted, from an uncharacteristic sort of…
![The Normal Christian Life](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/09/john-the-evangelist-470x140.jpg)
Heaven should be open to all of us. I’m not speaking of some fantastic experience or wonder, as much as a knowing, a seeing, a…
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For God so loved the world, He gave His only begotten Son…who made Himself a perfect sacrifice, that through the cross, our sins may be redeemed. This is the beginning and the end of the Christian life, but we were originally created to be more than we are now.
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As I look around me, I see people of varying levels and degrees of faith. I know very few, if any, atheists. But I see…