This is a letter from a young adult. He is currently in the prayers of many because he has answered God’s call. He wanted to be free from his past sins but our spiritual foe wouldn’t let him. Thus, the enemy torments him. His email: I was very exhausted. I cannot sleep because of the [...]
Day 9: Ascetic Obligation
“We must work so that the proverb of Solomon may never be true: ‘I have passed through the field of the idle man and brambles covered it.’ Where laziness abounds, there thorns grow. Our souls must be fertile with the Word of God, painted with trees of virtue, made green with desires of eternal life [...]
Day 8: The Value of Time
” The Lord gave you time so that you might work for your salvation, but you have made it a private property. The day will come when the Lord will take back what you usurped. Do not waste the time that the Lord in His goodness, gave you to find forgiveness, acquire grace, do penance [...]
Day 7 The Suffering of Christ
“The contemplation of the suffering sof Christ renders us indifferent to the joys and pleasures of the world. When, with the eyes of faith, I see my God nailed to the cross, and given gall and vinegar to drink, everything here below loses its attraction for me and I experience my nothingness.” Let us pray: [...]
Day 3: The Doctrine of Christ
Day 3: The Doctrine of Christ “Not many hear the Word of God willingly. The reason for this rests in the fact that the doctrine of Christ does not play a melody of adulation: it does not flatter the sinners and it does not promise earthly goods; instead it severely warns and teaches to mortify [...]
13 Days of Prayer in Preparation for the Feast of St. Anthony
DAY 1: The Word of God “Willingness to hear the Word of God is a sign of predestination. Just like the exile that awaits and gladly hears news from his homeland, shows that he loves his country, so too the Christian who listens attentively to Him who speaks of the heavenly fatherland may say that [...]
