You can say that you love God all you want, but merely keeping the commandments and keeping your Sunday obligation is not the stuff of which great saints are made. [Read more…]
Seek to do the will of God with humility
Humility is foundational for all the other virtues. As we seek to know the will of God in this world, we must do it with humility, or we will surely fall to pride.
Foundations of spiritual progress Part 3 – Loving our enemies and hating ourselves
In reflecting on the previous two sermons (from 2015-06-28 & 2015-07-05) and the importance of suffering to our salvation, do we not see that our enemy is not our greatest benefactor? And are you not your own greatest liability? The more your enemy afflicts you – hard feelings, slander, detraction, lies, insults, humiliations, injuries, public shame, ruining your name, stealing your peace, even material loss – the greater good he does you.
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Foundations of spiritual progress Part 2 – How to grow profit from suffering
Building the foundations of spiritual progress, based on the teachings of St. Alphonsus Liguori, the sermon teaches about suffering – “There must be suffering, and all must suffer. Those who bear it with patience are saved, those who bear it with impatience are lost. (St. Alphonsus)”
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Foundations of spiritual progress Part 1 – Three steps to make spiritual progress
Building the foundations of spiritual progress, based on the teachings of St. Alphonsus Liguori, the sermon teaches about certain types of faults we fall into, resolving to overcome them, and the three parts of how to overcome them: [Read more…]
Septuagesima – Making Every Moment Count
Lent prepares us for Easter – but why do we prepare for Lent with Septuagesima?
Overcome Evil With Good
Weigh your actions, your motives, and your intentions honestly and humbly. If we are not following St. Paul’s advice in today’s readings (Rom. 12, 16-21), we are no doubt committing various sins against charity, and some quite possibly mortal. [Read more…]
