
Emotions and Moral Virtue
“Sure, we can suppress or subjugate our emotional reactions. We can flog them with ‘shoulds.’ We can exile them or lock them up. But that is not virtue.” – Fr. Derek Sakowski

“Sure, we can suppress or subjugate our emotional reactions. We can flog them with ‘shoulds.’ We can exile them or lock them up. But that is not virtue.” – Fr. Derek Sakowski
A Reflection from “Meditations on Mary” by Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet Let us turn our minds to the desolation of Mary and the bloody wound that pierces

“As one of the remedies for the darkness of our times, we must recover a sense of our unique dignity.”- Monsignor Charles Pope

“The person who relies on his or her own strength will always be defeated. The way to victory is the way of emptiness and abandonment to God.” – Glenn Dickinson

A Reflection from “The Power of the Rosary” by Gabriel Castillo When the Holy Rosary is said well, it gives Jesus and Mary more glory

“Confessing regularly doesn’t just help us fight temptations and the enemy of our souls. It helps us love.” – Christine Hanus

“When the enemy begins to project exaggerated fears onto the screen of our imagination, we do well to follow the advice of St. Bernard of Clairvaux: “’If temptation storms, or you fall upon the rocks of tribulation, look to the star: call upon Mary.”” – Fr. Mark Yavarone

A Reflection from “The Most Powerful Saints in Exorcism” by Charles D. Fraune and Patrick O’Hearn Saints in the Rite of Exorcism Within the

“Fall, and then rise. Sweat, and then pray. Be like Jesus, who gave Himself totally and completely to the Father, even unto death.” – Chase Crouse

A Reflection from “Remain In Me and I In You” by Fr. Wayne Sattler Just as Jesus met Peter where he needed to be loved,