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BLOG POSTS
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15 Quotes from the Saints That Will Change the Way You Attend Holy Mass
15 Quotes from the Saints That Will Change the Way You Attend Holy Mass
Will You Be on Our Lady’s A-Team?
Indulgences - Double Your Gift
My Lifelines - God's Amazing Grace
"The Church is a field hospital for the wounded, not a haven for saints. Its doors opened two thousand years ago, and they are still open today. Inside these doors can be found true peace and joy, especially for those who are hopeless, hurting, or suffering" (Pope Francis).
From SSA to Glory
Our crosses are used by God to give us the chance to live by Faith and so to increase our capacity to be filled with his love for all eternity - to increase the degree of glory we will enjoy in heaven. Do not rob people that experience SSA of the chance for God to use the cross they carry in this way. Do not dumb the Catholic Faith down to a natural level when God is offering them so much more! God will raise up great saints from those who are willing to deny themselves in this way!
Romans 8:28 is True - My appearance on EWTN - Women of Grace
Oxygen for the Soul
Normally when we pray we like to speak a lot but we don’t like to listen. Prayer in itself is as necessary for our spiritual life as breathing is necessary for our bodily life. Not to pray daily will have the same results for the life of the soul as not to breathe would for the life of the body, which is sickness and death.
Joy vs. Sorrow or Joy and Sorrow
The Brilliance & Beauty of a Soul Restored to Grace
The Teeter Totter
We are all born with the effects of Original Sin in our souls which leave their mark by a proclivity to sin. We can see that most clearly in our disordered desires. Some examples would be: desiring junk food, over-eating, over-sleeping, over-drinking, spending too much money on frivolous things, gossip, base humor, feelings of superiority, judging other people, need for attention and admiration, lust, etc. All of this is further compounded by our personal sins which lead to sinful habits.
Are You a Reservoir or a Channel?
“Do not just be a channel for grace, but a reservoir, an overflowing reservoir. No sooner has a channel received grace than it pours it out. A reservoir waits to be filled up and then offers grace to those who come to draw from its superabundance” (St. Bernadette).
Finding the Real Soul of the Apostolate
“The channels let the water flow away, and do not retain a drop. But the reservoir is first filled, and then without emptying itself, pours out its overflow, which is ever renewed. We have many channels in the Church today,” Saint Bernard added sadly, “but very few reservoirs.”
What Forgiveness Is vs. What Forgiveness Is Not
Our Efforts vs. God's Grace or Our Efforts and God's Grace
Is Suffering Good for a Person Who is Dying? - Two Great Reasons It Is
Use Sacrifice Beads & Suffering to Help Your Loved Ones
After Brett passed away, it seemed to me that God was giving me signs that he was saved (for which I am so grateful). I asked a priest, whom I knew was faithful to the Magisterium of the Church, if I could count on this. His answer I have never forgotten. It has helped me in so many ways even though it was difficult to hear at first!
A Mission for the Bereaved: Living Out the Message of Fatima
There is something strangely comforting about the message that the Angel of Peace and Our Lady brought to us from Heaven even though it is full of paradoxes.
What a Soul Experiences in Purgatory
The Communion of Saints: THE CHURCH SUFFERING
The Four Last Things
The Four Last Things
Series of talks on the 4 Last Things. As always we start with Death.
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Through Him, With Him, In Him
We are Living Lamps
