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The Holy of Holies - Christ's Merciful Heart
The Confession of Saint LonginusI have a great devotion to the pierced side of Christ and the Divine Mercy. When I started this blog I decided that the URL and the name of this blog would not be the...
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Trusting God with St. Therese - A Book Review
I love reading books about Catholic spirituality and every once in a while I'll come across one that stands out from the rest. Trusting God with St. Therese by Connie Rossini is THE best book I've read...
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Gardening and the Poor Souls
Yep, you are ugly my friend. Even St. Francis thinks so. (Noah, did you just shout, "MY BAD" ?)Bet you never thought you'd see a gardening post here, did ya?At ease, folks, the "zucchini queen" has...
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"Depart from me, I do not know you."
Source: Wikimedia CommonsThis is how the story wentI met someone by accidentWho blew me awayBlew me awayAnd it was in the darkest of my daysWhen you took my sorrow and took my painAnd buried them away,...
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Blind White Martyrdom
Wilhelm von KaulbachIf we could see what was going on in the spiritual realm that surrounds us I guarantee our attention would quickly shift away from our present troubles to the real culprits wreaking...
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The Seven Deadly Sins in the Moral Decline of America
AccidiaApathy: lack of interest or concern, especially regarding matters of general importance or appeal; indifference.Do you ever ask yourself why folks are so apathetic about God these days? And why...
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Cause and Effect
The Ripple Effect: Agustin RuizSomething I hear all too often lately is that people feel overwhelmed, an intensifying "spiritual pressure", if you will, that leaves folks feeling helpless and hopeless....
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The Cure for "Double Yoke Syndrome"
Hope in a Prison of DespairI have 2 posts that I am publishing within the next few days on the deadly sin of sloth and how sloth is the number one producer of despair. Sloth steals your joy, steals...
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A Portrait of Sloth - Pt 1
Jean-Baptiste Oudry : The Wolf and the LambHere's a theory I'd like to put forth:What if the reason so few people attend Mass (or services if you are not Catholic) is because they aren't aware that...
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A Portrait of Sloth: The Tumble into Despair
Johan Tobias Sergel: Plunging into Despair Sloth, often considered one of the lesser deadly sins in our day, needs to be unmasked so that we can recognize the terrible marks it leaves on our souls....
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A Healing Balm for the Soul
An Allegory of Man From my archives:What is the cure for the soul that is weary? What is the antidote to a world stricken with vice? The remedy for the soul overwhelmed by despair?What "sweetens" the...
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A Mad Queen and Her Unhinged Army
Johann Heinrich Fussli: attributionThe undisputed queen of The Seven Deadly Sins is pride. We often see the words pride and vainglory used interchangeably when the deadly sins are listed but according...
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Dust Makers
A post from my archives. Enjoy!Do I HAVE to take a bath?!Do I really trust God? Do I have total faith in Him and in his love for me?As much as I'd like to answer those questions with a big fat YES, I...
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Stage Fright
John Singer Sargent: MarionettesAll the world's a stageAnd all the men and women merely players William...
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Penny for your thoughts? Or not.
William Holbrook Beard: For What was I Created?For after the four books which have been composed on the customs of the monasteries, we now propose, being strengthened by God through your prayers, to...
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Mortified Musings - The Lenten Special
"A bit of cake with that sprouted grain bread, my lovely?"Did you ever see a lassie,Go this way and that way,Go this way and that way,Did you ever see a lassie,Go this way and that? No? Well, you...
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Your Biggest Cross
Nothing like being caught between a rock and a hard place...of self.From my archives:Rumor has it that a newspaper once sent out an inquiry to famous authors, asking the question, What’s wrong with the...
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Cutting to the Quick
Hmmm...maybe I should make this Novena perpetual? When I first returned to the Lord years ago I made sure I did everything right. I was on a mission to become a saint. On the fast track to success...
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Veer Right Off of Ego Central, then Go Straight on Aridity Ave
Alone and not a drop to drink. The dry, barren desert road of self-love.(You're kidding, right? RIGHT? This is the CURE?!)If Pride is considered the "mother of all sins", it's time to introduce you...
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Word Wars
Constant Mayer: Recognition: North and SouthAll wars begin with words.You want to destroy a society? Attack the meaning of their words. Insinuate that words don't really mean what people think they...
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What She Did Not Choose
Franz Verhas: Young Girl ReadingThere's a beautiful passage in Fr. Jacques Philippe's book, In the School of the Holy Spirit, that seems to capture the interior attitude of many of the great saints of...
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The Deadly Sin of Vainglory
Did you ever wonder at the hypocrisy of politicians who claim to be Catholic and "personally against abortion" but are unwilling to take a firm stance against it? As in: "Personally, I am pro-life but...
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The Unmasking of Self-love
Young Nun at Prayer by Sergio GribkovWhat is self-love but a strong or subtle preference for self over God and others, right? When we consider it, all sin has self-love as its root. One of the reasons...
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The Interior Life
Matiya Bradaska - Wikimedia Commons Think about this for a moment: We all talk to ourselves when our minds aren't occupied with something else, though this inner conversation can look different from...
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Myrrh is Mine, Its Bitter Perfume
Holy Women at Christ's Tomb by Annibale Carracci One of the fruits of contemplative prayer is that God reveals who you are to Him while also giving you glimpses of who He is. At the same time, the...
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