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We are often ourselves the cause of our own dryness and barrenness Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership We continue our series with Part IV, Chapter 14, “Dryness and Spiritual Barrenness,“ from An Introduction to the Devout Life. Here Saint Francis encourages us and admonishes in times of spiritual aridity. So much for what […]
LETTER XXVI. To A SISTER OF THE VISITATION. On the Feast of the Assumption. AH! how lovely is this dawning of the eternal day, which, rising towards heaven, goes on, methinks, ever increasing in the benedictions of its incomparable glory ! May the odors of eternal sweetness, spread over the hearts of her servants, fill […]
: Psalm 18:2-3 leads us to pray: “I love you, LORD, my strength, LORD, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, My God, my rock of refuge, my shield, my saving horn, my stronghold!” What does the contrast of the changing nature of the world compared to God’s eternal and unchanging nature teach us? Why is […]
