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Oddly enough I have discovered that one of the hardest days of the year to keep holy is Christmas day. While it is a joyous day to spend with family, it is very difficult to maintain a spirit of prayer. It is too easy to get caught-up in all the excitement over presents and entirely miss the […]

Advent is a difficult season to remain focused in. The whole world is already celebrating “Christmas” and so it is hard to keep a proper disposition of hopeful expectation in our hearts. Thankfully if we find ourselves struggling to keep the spirit of Advent in our hearts, the Church has already given us a powerful

For most of my life prayer was simply “going through the motions” and stayed at the surface. Several years ago I read dozens of book on prayer, but very few taught me how to pray with both mind and soul. I struggled to go deeper in prayer and truly encounter God. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] Providentially, I was given Jim

In starting this blog, I always had in mind a two-fold vision of spiritual warfare. I firmly believe that we can not neglect either aspect of spiritual warfare, lest we lower our guard and invite Evil into our lives. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] We must never forget that spiritual warfare includes putting on the “armor of God” to defeat

We now turn to the liturgy and examine its capacity to lead souls to God through its beauty. Closely connected to the beauty of Christian art, the liturgy possesses great splendor, but is different in that it is a divine action. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] In fact, “Liturgy is not what man does, but is a divine work.