Not All Desires are From God You are full of holy desires and good intentions! Great! But we must let all of these die in the divine will. Leave them in a corner of your heart. If God wants them, He will show you even by great wonders if necessary. But the important thing is […]
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August 11 ~ Daily Wisdom from the writings of St. Paul of the Cross
Avoid Introspection When you have prayed, take the fruits and don’t concern yourself with the leaves. The fruits are humility and all the virtues. These are good signs. But don’t try to look back and analyze your prayer too much. You can deceive yourself that way. Seek only to please God and to imitate Jesus […]
May 16 ~ Daily wisdom from the writings of St. Paul of the Cross
Trying Too Hard in Prayer The best preparation for prayer is a living faith, a profound humility, from which is born a great knowledge of God and of our own nothingness. God will teach you. The true Master of prayer is the Holy Spirit. Don’t strain your head or chest, but let God do it.
May 15 ~ Daily wisdom from the writings of St. Paul of the Cross
Trusting God in Prayer It happens in prayer that God gives great feelings so that it seems that what we asked for is certainly about to be granted – but then it turns out just the opposite. This does not mean that our prayer was a deception. These are trials from God to teach us […]
May 12 ~ Daily wisdom from the writings of St. Paul of the Cross
Discerning Your Prayer Prayer which leaves the soul with comfort and consolations is not deception when it produces great humility, self-knowledge, desire for virtue, love of God and the neighbor. However, it is necessary not to be attached to the gifts, but to be united to the giver, and to be equally content with having […]
May 11 ~ Daily wisdom from the writings of St. Paul of the Cross
Guilt Feeling I adore in everything the Most Holy Will of God. I am in a bottomless abyss of miseries, of blindness, and above all, under the horrendous scourge of the omnipotent God. I know that I am incapable of any good, because I do not deserve lights or graces, but only chastisements. I am […]
Fr.Paul’s homily for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and the beginning of the Holy Year of Mercy
FP Homily 12-8-15
If I should forget you, Jerusalem
From a discourse on the psalms by Saint Bruno, priest If I should forget you, Jerusalem How beautiful are your tabernacles! My soul longs to reach the courts of the Lord, the fullness of the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the Lord. He then explains why he desires to enter the courts of the Lord. […]
The Cross of Christ Gives Life to the Human Race
From a sermon by Saint Ephrem, deacon The cross of Christ gives life to the human race Death trampled our Lord underfoot, but he in his turn treated death as a highroad for his own feet. He submitted to it, enduring it willingly, because by this means he would be able to destroy death in […]
The Eucharist, Pledge of Our Resurrection
From the treatise Against Heresies by Saint Irenaeus, bishop The eucharist, pledge of our resurrection If our flesh is not saved, then the Lord has not redeemed us with his blood, the eucharistic chalice does not make us sharers in his blood, and the bread we break does not make us sharers in his body. […]
