Is it a Sin to Put Yourself Down? “Oh, I’m so inept! I can’t do anything right!” There are endless variations of the self-deprecating rants. They
Dear Father John, I have been struggling with some interior trials with forgiveness, resentment and jealousy. I call this “inner ugliness.” I have been praying
Father Fortea, do demons have a plan when tempting us? Remember: a demon is a spiritual being that possesses a greater intelligence than ours. Therefore,
In our last post, we introduced Saint John of Avila’s teaching in his lifetime project Audi, Filia. To help us understand how important it is
Dear Father John, I am helping a woman in her spiritual growth (mainly through helping her come up with a program of life), and something
Dear Father John, you used the phrase “spiritualized capital sins” in your post on consolation and desolation. I have never heard this idea before. What
I have a bit of my own foolishness to share with you today. In my book on spiritual direction (scheduled to go to print late
Dear Father Edward, would you be willing to post the virtues to overcome the root sins of vanity and pride also? Whole libraries could be
Dear Father John, Can a root sin change over your life? It seems to me that increasingly sensuality is being replaced as a root sin
Dear Father John, I am not in spiritual direction right now, but I am trying to put together a program of life anyway. Can you
