The Joy of the Gospel The Joy of the Gospel! Father Michael Najim discusses Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium. He highlights paragraph three of
“Let me see you, let me hear your voice.” These final days of Advent lift our hearts to the coming of Christ and are meant
There are key strategies of indirect attack that the enemy of our souls uses to significantly disrupt our spiritual progress. One is the corruption of
What Aspect of Carmelite Spirituality do You Find most Helpful for Your Prayer? What thoughts have crossed your mind when you have read the
Contemplative Prayer — Catechism Paragraph 2717 Contemplative prayer is silence, the “symbol of the world to come” or “silent love.” Words in this kind of
Dear Father John, I went to Adoration this morning with my prayer group. There weren’t too many of us, but I always have a feeling
Editor’s note: In part two, we discussed how silence is important to self-knowledge. What is sacred silence? There are many scripture passages that convey important
In Part I of this series we discussed the problem of spiritual delusion and darkness as a consequence of the lack of a God-ward self-knowledge.
The Sacred Chain of Holiness If we want to learn to pray, we’ve got to learn how to be quiet, how to listen, how to