Posts Tagged ‘Spirituality’
Peace of Soul and the Spirituality of St. Martin de Porres
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life.”’ -John 14:6 St. Catherine represents the three great stages of the soul’s ascent to sanctity as three steps of a bridge. In her vision of the redeemed world, Christ, the Pontiff of the New Alliance, is the bridge uniting earth to Heaven, and the steps…
Read MoreThe Youthfulness of Mary the Mother of God
How old was Mary when she conceived Our Lord according to St. Albert the Great? The accounts of the nativity of Christ, found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, each present to us very beautiful images of the Virgin Mary. She was the humble and innocent handmaid of the Lord, whose ready obedience to…
Read MoreDevotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus According to St. Gertrude
Invitation of the Heart of Jesus Part I The Devotion to the Sacred Heart is the Last Effort in These Latter Ages of the Love of Our Lord for Men One day when St. John, the well-beloved Apostle of the Heart of Jesus, appeared to St. Gertrude in the splendor of an incomparable glory, “My…
Read MoreTrue Devotion to the Sacred Heart
Chapter 1 Heart of Jesus, Symbol of Love “Announce it, and let it be announced to the whole world, that I set neither limit nor measure to My gifts of grace for those who seek them in My Heart!” –Our Lord to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque The Church, governed and taught by the Holy Ghost,…
Read MoreThe Vigilant Heart: Remote Preparation for Mental Prayer
We have all had the experience of being in conversation with someone who is not attentive, looks over our shoulder, glances at his watch, scrolls up and down on his phone, etc. while we speak. Every one of us also knows what it means to speak with someone who is truly listening and grasps even…
Read MoreHomeschool Foundation for the Spiritual Life and Liberal Arts
“You have more than the right; you have the obligation to see to it that your children get the kind of education you want.” -Dr. John Senior Our little Andrew came home from his first semester at Thomas Aquinas College for a Christmas visit. I guess he’s not little. He’s been looking down at me…
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