A fierce temptation during Mass and thanksgiving to break my resolution and indulge my appetite at breakfast…Jesus urged me to pray …
Self-conquest
February 17, 2013
We should call a man a fool who wasted his wealth warming himself before a fire made of banknotes. Do we act …
February 16, 2013
St Claude de la Colombiere I have gone through a great deal of desolation, discouragement, fear and dread of my proposed …
February 15, 2013
What is it to be a saint? Does it mean that we must macerate this flesh of ours with cruel austerities, …
February 13, 2013
Christian abnegation is not composed merely of renunciation: it leads to something tangible and definite. We abandon what is false to cling …
February 9, 2013
St Agatha I was meditating on my desire to die a martyr’s death for Jesus, and then asked myself if I …
February 5, 2013
Blessed Chiara Luce Badano Jesus knows I have only one wish in this world: to love Him and Him alone. For …
January 18, 2013
The temptation of St Anthony Are you not foolish in wishing to be free from these attacks of impatience, etc.? I …
January 17, 2013
It seems to me I have failed to keep my resolutions because I have not acted from the motive of the …
January 7, 2013
“All our days are spent.” (Psalm 89. 9). The hour will come for each of us when we shall echo these …
December 31, 2012