The Spiritual Combat – Concerning Distrust of Self

What stood out to me: “DISTRUST OF SELF is so absolutely requisite in the spiritual combat, that without this virtue we cannot expect to defeat our weakest passions, much less gain a complete victory. This important truth should be deeply imbedded in our hearts; for, although in ourselves we are nothing, we are too apt [...]

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The Spiritual Combat

Preliminary words on Perfection What stood out to me (The spiritual life) It actually consists in knowing the infinite greatness and goodness of God, together with a true sense of our weakness and tendency to evil, in loving God and hating ourselves, in humbling ourselves not only before Him, but for His sake, before all [...]

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7 Quick Takes: A Test of Faith, Testing my New Routine and Testing out more Manual Settings

1. I had a brief retreat recap here, but with the pictures it got way too long not to be it’s own post. 2. I knew this retreat had definitely been a time of great spiritual growth for me, but I had no idea that my renewed faithfulness would be put to the test so [...]

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The Gift List, #1,2

I finally started reading One Thousand Gifts last night. I love the idea of making a list of gifts, I agree that this sort of act really does lift your spirits and make your heart soar. Unfortunately, I am doing it as I think of them rather than every day at present, but still, it [...]

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Where I’m at Spiritually right now.

Looking at my faith life lately, I’m definitely experiencing a spiritual dry spell at the moment (ie. God really seems far away). To some extent it is to be expected; over the summer all routine etc breaks up, and the Devil knows it. I had hoped/and made it a goal to go to adoration once [...]

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7 Quick Takes – Working out the Details, Discernment and My Sweet Little Boys

Mar 18 1. Faith Notes -‘How can I further your kingdom when I’m so wrapped up in mine?’ – they’re lyrics from a song but they are compelling words. -Notes from ash wed mass – “Yet even now,” says the LORD, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; [...]

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7 Quick Takes – Faith Study Lesson 1, Kid Routines, Baby Words, and Some Crazy Canadians

Voila, my Quick Takes with ~30 min to spare! 1. –Faith Notes from This Week– -One morning this week I was feeling selfish and frustrated again, and as I said my morning prayers I realized a big part was frustration with self. The failure to live up to your own expectations is a form of [...]

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Why Gender Matters

Feb 16, 2010 “The bottom line is that the brain is just organized differently in males and females. The tired argument about which sex is more intelligent or which sex has the ‘better’ brain is about as meaningful as arguing which utensil is “better”, a knife or a spoon. The only correct answer to such [...]

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7 Quick Takes – Old Family Photos, Jumper and a Book

I’m sitting at the computer with nothing better to do so I thought I’d draft up my quick takes post for tomorrow. Jumper photos to follow. 1. Right now my toddler is asleep because he’s sick, I can’t read the book I’ve been reading because I gave it to DH to read some parts, I [...]

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7 Quick Takes – 32 Week Ultrasound, Birthday Lunch and Pickles!

Here is this weeks Quick Takes post, up on time and with pictures! 1. I have decided it is officially Fall enough to start classifying my pictures as Fall and not Summer. I officially started this on Sept 7, much to the annoyance of DH who keeps insisting it’s not officially fall. But the cooler [...]

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