A want of will is the chief obstacle to our becoming saints. We are not holy because we do not really wish …
Saints
December 17, 2021
Avoid worry, anxiety, uneasiness about anything. “The devil’s boiling pot” expresses this state of mind; one trouble ended, another crops up to …
December 16, 2021
St John of the Cross, Doctor of the Church Surely you are not right in trying to keep our Lord away …
December 14, 2021
St Lucy It is scarcely necessary to state that deliberate sin in any shape or form utterly destroys the interior life. …
December 13, 2021
St Maravillas of Jesus I want to be generous with God and to refuse Him nothing. I do not want to …
December 11, 2021
Death of St Francis Xavier Xavier’s hour has come, the hour of his eternal reward and never-ending bliss. In a little hut, …
December 3, 2021
The great light of this retreat, clear and persistent, has been that God has chosen me, in His great love and through …
December 1, 2021
The saints had ever a childlike confidence and trust in God. Upon Him they cast all their anxieties and cares, under His …
November 28, 2021
St John Berchmans The chief thing God wants from me at present is an extraordinary and exquisite perfection in every little thing …
November 26, 2021
St Francis Xavier Vince teipsum (Conquer yourself). This is the secret of the Exercises. “I learnt no other lesson from my master …
November 26, 2021