I am writing in great desolation and sadness, tempted even to abandon my vocation and plunge headlong into sin. All this is …
Self-conquest
April 14, 2011
The great defect in my character and chief reason why I make so little progress is my want of fidelity. Thus in …
March 24, 2011
I seemed to have lost all strength and courage, and simply hated the thought of the life. Then I ran to You …
March 22, 2011
A fierce temptation during Mass and thanksgiving to break my resolution and indulge my appetite at breakfast…Jesus urged me to pray …
March 13, 2011
St Francis Xavier Vince teipsum – conquer yourself. This is the secret of the Spiritual Exercises. “I learnt no other lesson from …
March 12, 2011
Towards the end of the retreat a light came to me that, now that I have given Jesus all the sacrifices I …
March 11, 2011
The Martyrs of Sebaste During the winter I have done a penance which I shrink from and dread in a way …
March 10, 2011
What is it to be a saint? Does it mean that we must macerate this flesh of ours with cruel austerities, …
March 8, 2011
St John Vianney Press on bravely and don’t mind the scratches, even when they come from human nails! COMMENT: We must always …
March 4, 2011
It is useful from time to time to pause and ask ourselves if we are, like the child Jesus, growing in …
March 2, 2011