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The Long Dark Night of Mother Teresa
We’d be hard-pressed to find another saint who suffered a darkness so thick, or a night as long, as the one St. Teresa of Calcutta did. Find out more in an excerpt from this book on Mother Teresa.
We’d be hard-pressed to find another saint who suffered a darkness so thick, or a night as long, as the one St. Teresa of Calcutta did. Find out more in an excerpt from this book on Mother Teresa.
In Dan Burke’s and Melissa Elson’s interview with Kathleen Beckman on her book “Praying for Priests”, they discuss how the role of the priest impacts the Church and the family.
We must put aside all resentment, bitterness, and grudges. These are obstacles to our spiritual freedom that prevent us from experiencing the power of the Lord in our lives.
Dan Burke & Melissa Elson talk with Jeannie Ewing about her book “From Grief to Grace” and understanding God’s will in difficult situations.
How can we properly discern God’s will in our lives? Dan Burke and Melissa Elson search interview author Julie Onderko on her book “Discover Your Next Mission from God: Saints who found God’s will – and how you can too”.
Dr. Anthony Lilles reviews Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen’s “The Way of Prayer” (2nd edition), a practical commentary on St. Teresa of Avila’s “Way of Perfection” which was just published.
Humility brought about the triumph of Jesus and so must also be the cause of Mary’s glory.
Fr. Michel teaches how to best respond to the different kinds of temptations that assail you and shows how to profit spiritually from them.
Our greater awareness of method and recourse to technology in theology today seems to be at the expense of prayer. Very few scholars teach or write as if they believe that contemplation is of any objective value to the theological enterprise or that mystical wisdom has any real importance for the life of the Church.
If we find ourselves under the influence of one or many of the seven deadly sins, how can we break free and live virtuous lives?