Be a Person of Prayer
A holy Franciscan friar named Johannes de Caulibus compiled this list. If you would:• Patiently endure adversity … be a person of prayer• Overcome tribulation and temptations … be a person of prayer• Trample upon your perverse inclinations … be a person of prayer• Know the deceits of Satan, and avoid them … be a […]
Intentionally build God into your day or you will unintentionally wall Him out
If prayer isn’t part of your daily routine, start today by building it into your daily activities. As a Catholic, prayer should be as much a part of us as breathing but for many the day takes over the minute we wake up as thoughts flood into our head about what needs to be done […]
A Christmas Prayer – May your business continue to be a sanctifying gift to the world
The owners of companies who see their business ownership as a true vocation, for Catholics this means a real calling from God, are better able to positively affect the lives of their employees and to contribute to the common good. Saint JoseMaria Escriva said “ Sanctifying one’s work is no fantastic dream, but the mission […]
A Short Road to Perfection – the list from Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman may be short but not easy to implement!
A Short Road to Perfection There’s always work to be done regarding our faith life, our spirituality. It will never end and as your relationship with God deepens, the work actually gets harder not easier. My guess is that often you are distracted from your spiritual growth because “your heart grows weary from the anxieties […]
Do Monday Morning’s Feel Like Getting Shot Out of a Cannon?
Sunday afternoon, toward evening, is when many people feel that internal spring in their gut start to tighten in preparation for the inevitable Monday morning alarm clock. Even throughout the week, if someone asks me how things are going, I tell them I feel like I was shot out of a cannon. Fast start, up […]