CSD Book Club – Journal of a Soul (Week 4 of 12)
And what about all the other things which surround me? If God has given them to me they are extras: they have not been given to all, nor to all in equal measure. Their purpose is to serve man in the...
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The Sorrows of Motherhood During this retreat, the Lord has been pleased to show me yet again all the importance for me, and for the success of my priestly ministry, of the spirit of sacrifice, which I...
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On Suffering I think the Lord Jesus has in store for me, before I die, for my complete mortification and purification and in order to admit me to his everlasting joy, some great suffering and...
View ArticleCSD Book Club – The Imitation of Christ (Week 2 of 10)
On Death When you rise in the morning, think that you will not see evening; and when evening comes, do not be too certain that you will rise in the morning. Be always ready, therefore, and so live that...
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The Sweet Peace of Surrender Disciple: Lord, how often should I resign myself and what should I renounce? Jesus: Always and at all times; small things as well as great ones. I make no exceptions. I...
View ArticleSpiritual Liberty in the Night
In order to secure our true liberty, even while we were enslaved to sin, Christ suffered the night of death and ransomed us by His blood. This is why the Lord respects human freedom, even when it is...
View ArticleBlessings that are Difficult to Receive
When our prayer takes us to the Mount of Olives, we discover the mystery of the Cross in all kinds of trials. Before that impending evil life throws at us, we often find our desires on a collision...
View ArticleGethsemane’s Night and the Hope of Christian Prayer
Gethsemane: Those who enter into this hidden garden of prayer with fear of the Lord and right reverence are permitted to overhear part of the Son’s conversation with the Father in secret. Extending...
View ArticleCSD Book Club – 33 Days to Morning Glory (Week 3 of 7)
The Power of Humility We’ll close these reflections on the wonderful benefits of Marian consecration by letting St. Louis describe how this way is also a secure path, meaning that, as we walk it, we’re...
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A Kiss from His Sacred Heart Do we yet realize the mysterious link between the darkness we sometimes experience in our own lives and that of the Lord’s suffering? Let us ponder Mother Teresa’s words...
View ArticleCSD Book Club – The Screwtape Letters (Week 4 of 7)
The Problem with the Future He does not want men to give the Future their hearts, to place their treasure in it. We do. His ideal is a man who, having worked all day for the good of posterity (if...
View ArticleCSD Book Club – The Screwtape Letters (Week 5 of 7)
Time’s a Tickin’! Men are not angered by mere misfortune but by misfortune conceived as injury. And the sense of injury depends on the feeling that a legitimate claim has been denied. The more claims...
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The Majesty of Tragedy… But when he saw them he knew that he had always known them and realized what part each of them had played at many an hour in his life when he had supposed himself alone, so that...
View ArticleCSD Book Club – Announcing Our Next Book – The Secret Diary of Elisabeth Leseur
Announcing The Secret Diary of Elisabeth Leseur The Secret Diary of Elisabeth Leseur is one of my all-time favorite books. Elisabeth was an amazing role model for both husbands and wives alike – a...
View ArticleCSD Book Club – The Secret Diary of Elisabeth Leseur (Week 3 0f 12)
Religious discussions with the S___s. O my God, it is indeed true that Thou alone canst make certain things understood; all the arguments in the world are nothing to Thy sovereign voice in the depths...
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The Secret Diary of Elisabeth Leseur (Week 5 of 12) People in the world do not realize that one can be very detached from all human things and live a keen spiritual life, and yet find sweetness in the...
View ArticleFinding Happiness Where You Least Expect It
Ask someone where happiness may be found, and you’ll get a variety of answers. Many of them, however, are centered on attaining something currently out-of-reach. The thinking goes like this: “If only I...
View ArticleSuffering, Anyone?
The Secret Diary of Elisabeth Leseur (Week 7 of 12) Lord, be Thou blessed for my present suffering, because I dare to hope that it is the gentle answer of Thy Heart. I offer it all to Thee, all of it:...
View ArticleSpiritual Liberty in the Night
In order to secure our true liberty, even while we were enslaved to sin, Christ suffered the night of death and ransomed us by His blood. This is why the Lord respects human freedom, even when it is...
View ArticleGethsemane’s Night and the Hope of Christian Prayer
Gethsemane: Those who enter into this hidden garden of prayer with fear of the Lord and right reverence are permitted to overhear part of the Son’s conversation with the Father in secret. Extending...
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