A want of will is the chief obstacle to our becoming saints. We are not holy because we do not really wish …
Self-conquest
December 17, 2013
St Laurence, who joked “Turn me over, I’m done on this side” while being burned as a martyr Avoid worry, anxiety, …
December 16, 2013
St Lucy It is scarcely necessary to state that deliberate sin in any shape or form utterly destroys the interior life. …
December 13, 2013
I believe strongly in corporal penance as a means to the end. But a denial of your own will often costs more …
December 7, 2013
St Francis Xavier Vince teipsum (Conquer yourself). This is the secret of the Exercises. “I learnt no other lesson from my …
November 26, 2013
Do not try to run till you can walk well. Draw up a list of certain little sacrifices which you feel God …
November 22, 2013
Fr Doyle struggled to give up butter on his bread Your desire for penance is an excellent sign…But have a fixed …
November 18, 2013
I was greatly struck and helped yesterday by these words of the Imitation (of Christ): My child: let me do with you …
November 3, 2013
“He chose want of all things, suffering and a hard comfortless life” Following straight on the heels of the meditations on …
October 25, 2013
We come now to one of the other great moments of the Spiritual Exercises – the Meditation on the Three Classes of …
October 24, 2013