There is a story from the Early Church Fathers that relates how a monk was slapped on the cheek by a young girl possessed by a demon. The monk in turn simply turned his other cheek in obedience to the Lord’s command. The demon could not take it and immediately left the girl. Those who […]
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“The average American is physically, biologically, psychologically and neurologically unable to do anything worthwhile before he has a cup of coffee. And that goes for prayer too. Even sisters in convents whose rules were written before electric percolators were developed would do well to update their procedures. Let them have coffee before meditation.” – Fulton
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Another devious plot of the devil revolves around convincing us that we can live two lives. He thoroughly enjoys the thought of us living our daily lives divorced from our Faith, but still approaching the altar on Sunday to receive the Eucharist. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] One could say that the devil encourages us to be neither hot
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To conclude our series on prayer, let us dive into what everyone is waiting for: how can I make this new schedule of prayer stick? Many of us are familiar with “New Year’s Resolutions” or even “Lenten Resolutions,” whereby we promise that we will go to the Adoration chapel every day or even read the
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After carving out time in your daily schedule to pray, the task at hand remains daunting for many of us. Sure we may have 30 minutes when we can pray every day, but that will do us no good if we don’t know how to pray! [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] Before I start, let me say one thing:
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[callout]UPDATE: I felt a need to add further clarification on this particular article, which I have found to have influenced people in various ways. First of all, this article is a part of a series on the Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis and when I came to this particular “letter,” I tried to make sense
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The devil knows that pleasure is a good thing. In fact, he knows that God created the numerous pleasures in life. Instead of allowing us to enjoy the natural pleasures in life, the Enemy knows he must distort pleasure into something unnatural that drags our soul into the depths of Hell. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”]The Drunkard’s Progress: A
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