The Taking of Christ by Caravaggio Images have become really important to me, in shaping and strengthening my devotion for God. I can see a difference since I started focusing on them this past year. And if holy images have the power to do this to my soul, I can only imagine what damage has…
Now, always finding Prayer Time for Jesus..
Since going on my social media fast January 12, Father David Abernethy has been one of the few persons I continue to check in on through my Tumblr account, Live the Latin Mass. He is a Roman Catholic Priest who almost exclusively posts excerpts from the Desert Fathers. His posts speak to souls who wander…
Even in this.. attempts to listen & be obedient..
Christ's Triumph over the devil & death, Apocalypse 20 So, a little triumph over myself.. I haven't been writing twice a day as I intended, but instead, have been watchful about taking care of what's to be done (God's Holy Will).. and, then, of course, prayer of recollection (full, restful attention to God) at night.…
No Time.. but to Pray
Well, today is better than most.. it's early and I'm winding down with reading, then recollective prayer. Twitter is still measured for me, I am cultivating a distaste for it simply by spending more time on holy things that require my focused attention for longer periods of time. Today, though, I thought about how much…
A Little Temptation..
The Infant Samuel by Sir Joshua Reynolds Succumbed to temptation to go to Twitter.. fought it very hard, knowing and mulling how now would not be a good time for me. Feels meritless, pointless in light of good, solid holy reading that I'm tempted to neglect. I get started there and don't know when to…
I remembered God, my Father..
What would be pleasing to my Father today? What does He want me to do? What is His Holy Will for me today? What would be please Him, how would I please Him? God the Father and the Holy Ghost, Domenico Antonio Vaccaro I grew up not knowing my Father. .. in the Catholic sense.…
My messy weekend, but God is still glorified..
It's not time for me to return to Twitter, yet.. Prayer brings our mind into the brightness of divine light, and exposes our will to the warmth of divine love. Nothing else can so purge our mind from its ignorance, and our will from its depraved affections. It is a blessed fountain which, as it…
Hell that trods my world..
..a good idea to go ahead and post a few of my own trials? the holy things that come to me have been tried by fire, which happens to me still.. the glory to God is in overcoming them with His help. I'm parking trials here, on this post. It'll be a recording of my…
Pushing Through Temptation – Spiritual Life Hack #2
Just a quick jot.. Tonight's advice to a Beloved to combat temptation: - Resist the thoughts that naturally come to you and oppose them with holy thoughts. - Be prepared for what's to come. You know what you'll be entering, why are you surprised? Be ready to push through the temptation with grace to the…
Bearing with myself with St. Teresa de jesus – Spiritual Life Hack #1
Hightlighted St. Teresa de Jesus' book today.. I never a highlight. I am desperate to hear God.Given that there are so, so many holy books I want to keep near me, I have begun figuring out a strategy to reach them all on any given day. The first idea I'm especially delighted with (and already…
Veronica, it is the Lord.. 