During the last three nights of the retreat I slept on the floor without feeling any inconvenience after, though I woke very …
Virtues
December 20, 2024
“I have called upon Thee in the day of my trouble” (Psalm 85. 7). Jesus is our comforter. What burden is there …
December 18, 2024
A want of will is the chief obstacle to our becoming saints. We are not holy because we do not really wish …
December 17, 2024
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, 2024
I cannot say i am quite in love with camp life, which in many respects is quite repellent. But even in these …
December 15, 2024
Surely you are not right in trying to keep our Lord away from you, or in thinking that He looks upon you …
December 14, 2024
It is scarcely necessary to state that deliberate sin in any shape or form utterly destroys the interior life. COMMENT: It is …
December 13, 2024
I am sorry to see you suffer and yet glad that the cross is your portion. If I had at this moment …
December 12, 2024
I want to be generous with God and to refuse Him nothing. I do not want to say, “I will go just …
December 11, 2024
Let us love silence and recollection. When we are at home with silence we are at home with God. Silence seems impossible …
December 10, 2024