What is Mortification?
Fr. John Bartunek, LC
March 4, 2025
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“The mortification is never an end in itself, but a means by which we become better followers of Christ.” -Fr. John Bartunek
Humility in the Apostolate
Dan Burke
October 22, 2018
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Why is humility so essential to our work in the apostolate? Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen reflects in today’s excerpt from his classic Carmelite meditation book “Divine Intimacy”.
What is Mortification?
Fr. John Bartunek, LC
March 1, 2018
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Fr. John Bartunek answers a reader’s question about what mortification is and how it helps us to practice it.
Living Christ
Dan Burke
January 29, 2018
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In what does the imitation of Christ consist? Fr Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen reflects in this excerpt from his classic Carmelite meditation book “Divine Intimacy”.
A Right Intention
Dan Burke
October 5, 2016
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What kind of intention is necessary for doing God’s work? Find out when Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen reflects in this excerpt from the Carmelite meditation classic “Divine Intimacy”.
Self-Forgetfulness and Abnegation
Dan Burke
October 30, 2014
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Self-forgetfulness and Abnegation Presence of God – O Lord, You who give Yourself to us even to becoming our food, teach me to give
Penance and Mortification… What is the difference?
Fr. John Bartunek, LC
April 4, 2011
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Dear Father John, OK, now I have a better grasp of what we mean by “mortification,” but that has raised another question. Is there a
Mortification & Lent: What is mortification?
Fr. John Bartunek, LC
March 21, 2011
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Dear Father John, what is mortification and how does it relate to Lent? What does Saint Paul mean in 1 Corinthians 9 where he says,