On Spiritual Progress

"Spiritual progress does not consist in the multiplication of extraneous and sublime works, or in the multitude of pious exercises, but in doing well, perfectly and after virtue’s patterns, those works we daily perform…In order that our actions be rightly performed and our actions found perfect before God the following rules should be observed: all things to be done with the upright and simple intention of that being done for God; while engaging in exterior affairs, not to lose the spirit of interior devotion; all things to be performed in the presence and sight of God; apply ourselves diligently to the work at hand; think of the judgment at the end of our life and perform each and every action as if it were to be our last; offer all of our thoughts, words and actions to God, but uniting them with the oblation by which Christ offered Himself and all mankind to God, thus making our oblation one with Christ's; and have the right intention – that of having God as the end of our work and referring all things to His honor and glory."

Father Charles Hugo Doyle

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Jesus to St. Catherine of Siena on Divine Providence

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) Nothing has ever happened and nothing happens save by the plan of My Divine Providence. In all things that I permit, in all things that I give you, in tribulations and in consolations, temporal or spiritual, I do nothing save for your good, so that you may be sanctified in Me and that My Truth be fulfilled in you. (From The Dialogue ) PAUSE AND PONDER: Am I unwilling to believe God when He says nothing happens in my life that is not part of His Divine will for me? Do I refuse to see God’s hands in the struggles and trials of my daily life? Am I afraid to trust Him? (Excerpted from Pondering Tidbits of Truth, Volume VI)

Had We Only Listened and Obeyed!

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) The judgment of one’s state of grace obviously belongs only to the person involved, since it is a question of examining one’s conscience. However, in cases of outward conduct which is seriously, clearly and steadfastly contrary to the moral norm, the Church, in her pastoral concern for the good order of the community and out of respect for the sacrament, cannot fail to feel directly involved. The Code of Canon Law refers to this situation of a manifest lack of proper moral disposition when it states that those who “obstinately persist in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Eucharistic Communion". Saint John Paul II

What A Priceless and Undeserved Gift!

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) The effects of Holy Communion are: spiritual nourishment of the soul (an increase in sanctifying grace, of the virtues and gifts of the Holy Spirit); intimate union of the soul with Christ and with His mystical body through grace and charity; a diminishing or mitigating of sensual passions; a glorious resurrection of the body; the remission of venial sins; the remission in some part or in great part of the temporal punishment due to sin; and spiritual sweetness and delights. Father Winfrid Herbst, S.D.S

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