“Satan suggests that God has abandoned us or does not care enough help us, which seems to confirm our natural feelings of fear, isolation, or confusion.” – Megan Hjelmstad
“To desire and not yet possess; to wait for the fulfillment of desire – it is perhaps one of the hardest human things to do, and the most worthwhile.” – Fr. Derek Sakowski
“In calling us to forgive, God is offering us the gift to be free of a great deal of poison and of a costly emotional state that robs us of joy and strength.” – Monsignor Charles Pope
“A commitment we have previously discerned is our predetermined weapon; it is our confidence in employing it that can make all the difference when the spiritual battle heats up.” – Megan Hjelmstad
“With heavenly matters, we must sometimes wait patiently, for years, until God chooses, in His own perfect timing, to act.” – Glenn Dickinson
“How has Jesus used you to unstop the ears of the deaf, communicate His word, and liberate the tongues of others?” – Monsignor Charles Pope
“I began to feel unwell; a chronic illness flareup had come out of nowhere. By the next morning, I was doubled over in pain.” – Megan Hjelmstad
“What the word divinization attempts to describe is essentially the process of holiness, whereby our human nature becomes transformed by divine grace.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
“As we persevere against one desolation, it’s not uncommon for Satan to pivot and distract us with another.” – Megan Hjelmstad
A Reflection from “The Church in the Storms” by Roberto de Mattei Christianity and the Roman Empire We live in an age of crisis in
