Fasting as a Path to Discernment
Sr. Mary Catherine Blanding IHM
March 7, 2026
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“Unless we fast with Jesus, our self-denial risks becoming self-reference.”- Sr. Mary Catherine Blanding, IHM
Lent as Training for Spiritual War – the Great Fight Back
Gavin Ashenden
February 19, 2026
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“One of the reasons Evagrius can help us is that he names eight recurring thought-patterns by which temptation operates. If we are going to use Lent properly, we ought to allow ourselves to receive some training in recognising them early — and answering them quickly.” – Gavin Ashenden
Three Traps of Satan to Steal Your Peace
Gabriel Garnica
November 17, 2025
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“The Devil wants to distract us and inundate the valley of our present with the flooding concerns of the past and the future.” – Gabriel Garnica
Four Common Tactics of the Devil
Msgr. Charles Pope
November 16, 2025
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“In the spiritual battle of life, we need to develop some sophistication in recognizing, naming, and understanding the subtleties of common tactics of the Devil.” – Monsignor Charles Pope
St. Bartolo Longo: Hope From Ashes
Grace Abruzzo
October 29, 2025
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“Bartolo committed then and there to promoting the Rosary, a promise he lived out until his death.”- Grace Abruzzo
Scrupulosity: The Devil’s Sinister Shell Game
Gabriel Garnica
October 16, 2025
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“(The devil) is indeed the ultimate, eternal peddler, inviting each of us into his cunning shell game of misdirection and deception.” – Gabriel Garnica
Angels Fight Demons for Us When We Pray
Sophia Institute Press
May 7, 2025
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A Reflection from “Prayer as a Weapon” by Jesse Romero Angels Fight Demons for Us When We Pray Demons are attracted to faithlessness, disorder, and
The Mighty Power of the Name of Jesus
Sophia Institute Press
May 4, 2025
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There is something in the name of Jesus that is awesome and fascinating. Hence, the quiver of an intercessor cannot be complete without it. The
The Idols of Ought
Grace Abruzzo
March 23, 2025
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“I often recall the words of my spiritual director, spoken years before this intervention, but even more fitting now, eight years after my decision to move home: ‘You need to let go of the idea of what you think your life ought to look like.’” – Grace Abruzzo
The Truth About Hell Appendix D
Dan Burke
December 10, 2024
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Appendix D – Quotations on Hell St. Alphonsus Liguori: Our most important affair is that of our eternal salvation; upon it depends our happiness or misery