Monsignor Pope takes up the topic of humility in prayer as St. Teresa of Avila presents it in her treatise The Way of Perfection.
Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen explores how far we are required to go in loving our neighbor.
Can the Devil Give Consolations? Discernment of Spirits, and Deeper Spiritual Progress in the Latin Mass
Discerning Consolations, Do Right Actions Equal Joy? And Feeling Failure in Meditation – Divine Intimacy Radio
Claire Dwyer explores the mystical reality of the “Dark Night” through the experience of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity.
Debra Black explains how Edith Stein, before she was even a Christian, unknowingly followed the rules of St. Ignatius to escape the snares of desolation.
Feelings are, in the end, just feelings. They are a gift, but they cannot last—they must give way in order for us to grow in the holy virtue of faith. Faith is an entirely free gift of God–but it is something to be asked for, assented to, nourished, and practiced. Or else we can find ourselves “shipwrecked.” (I Timothy 1:19) Claire Dwyer continues her series.
Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen explores aridity and progress.
Fr. Boniface Hicks, OSB begins a fascinating series exploring his conversion and calling to the Benedictines.