The Passion in Light of the Annunciation
Rob Marco
March 7, 2024
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“Look to your Mother who rests her ear to the ground just above your prison cell.” – Rob Marco
Prayer is a Muscle
Rob Marco
August 2, 2022
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“It’s hard when you’re in vacation mode, but we shouldn’t take a vacation from our spiritual lives.” – Rob Marco
Detachment in the Spiritual Life
Rob Marco
June 3, 2022
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“I quickly realized I, like most people, talk a good game. We are confident when the lights are on and our stomach is full. But you really don’t know yourself or your attachments until someone takes them away.” – Rob Marco
The Fix
Rob Marco
May 29, 2022
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“It’s ok to be creative as Catholics, to seize upon little opportunities to share Christ with someone with your lips, to be Christ to someone with your kindness. Especially when the forgotten, the lost, the dejected, and the hurting who have no one else to turn to present themselves.” – Rob Marco
Life By A Thousand Aspirations
Rob Marco
December 9, 2021
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“If a thousand small cuts can rob a man of his breath, it should follow that the so-called ejaculations of praise, petition, adoration, and thanksgiving for a Christian can help lead a man to life.” – Rob Marco
Recipe for a Fruitful Retreat
Rob Marco
November 15, 2021
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Rob Marco answers the question, “What makes for a fruitful retreat?”
Persisting Contra To God’s Will
Rob Marco
July 2, 2021
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Our seemingly noble and holy actions of attempted abandonment can sometimes be held up so that we present them to the Lord expecting Him to bless them, when in fact, He wants something else of us entirely.
The Underrated Virtue of Moderation
Rob Marco
June 11, 2021
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Moderation has a seasoned way of wisely tempering zeal, and obedience a way of stretching us to do the things of God which go counter to the way we might decide to do things by way of our own preferences.
The Dead of Night
Rob Marco
July 16, 2020
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The seeds of the Gospel tend to sprout in solitude, Rob Marco reflects on the blog today.
No Gods Before Me: Leaving Merton Behind
Rob Marco
March 26, 2020
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Rob Marco gives an inspiring account of how he came to reject the tainted waters of Buddhist practices mixed with Catholic beliefs.
