The Solution to Your Sorrow
Fr. Michael Najim
March 23, 2017
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Can we be selfish and truly happy at the same time? Father Michael Najim reflects on the solution to our sorrow.
Suffering and Abandonment
Dan Burke
March 17, 2016
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How are suffering and abandonment related? Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen explains in this excerpt from the classic Carmelite meditation book “Divine Intimacy”.
Confessions of a “Say the Black Do the Red” Catholic
Dan Burke
October 15, 2015
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I have no doubt that the Pharisees would have loved the phrase, “Say the black, do the red.” By the way, I always say “Amen!” when I read it myself. Here’s the hard part: external orthodoxy is a distorted orthodoxy when it is not accompanied by a properly oriented interior life.
Am I being self-absorbed when praying for spiritual growth?
Fr. John Bartunek, LC
April 16, 2012
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Can praying for spiritual growth indicate being self absorbed? I am troubled by my intercessory prayer. I pray quite a bit for others but, I
Am I So Heavenly Minded that I am No Earthly Good?
Fr. John Bartunek, LC
November 22, 2010
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I have a question after reading Fr. John’s meditation and prayer on a recent Sunday’s Gospel in The Better Part (26th Sunday in Ordinary Time,
