Excuse the Mess

Excuse the excessive JoC, but he launched me into my deep spiritual life.

Changed for Life

“In this fashion he bestows substancial locutions on certain
souls. These locutions are as important and valuable as are the
life, virtue, and incomparable blessings they impart to the soul.
A locution of this sort does more good for a person than a whole
lifetime of deeds.”- The Ascend of Mount Carmel, Book two, Chapter
31, St John of the Cross

A Dark Night of a Soul

“Yet until a soul is placed by God in the passive purgation of that dark night, it cannot purify itsself completely from these imperfections nor from others. But a person should insofaras possible strive to do his part in purifying and perfecting himself and there-by merit God’s divine cure; in this cure God will heal him of what, through his efforts, he was unable to remedy. No matter how much an individual does through his own efforts, he cannot actively purify himself enough to be disposed in the least degree for the divine union of the perfection of love. God must take over and purge him in that fire that is dark for him.”- Saint John of the Cross

Dear Father,

(Opening Prayer Taken from the Magnificat for Sunday June 1, 2008)

Father,

your love never fails.
Hear our call.
Keep us from danger
and provide for all our needs.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who live and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, One God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Give Life to Change & Nurturing Thought

“What you’ll find is the concepts of the spiritual world will start to surface. They will enlighten the weak and the humble in a most profound way. Mother Earth. Some choose to believe that it is Mother Earth. In their mind this mother is pushing forward her natural thoughts for change. These being her efforts to balance the ways of an unchanging male dominant society. To balance the greatness of the imbalanced she will stay insistent of only her feminine air, feminine to balance what already is, but also, this time, because she knows anew must be born.” – anonymous, I heard that somewhere

= Spiritual Life

Mediation + Contemplation = Successful Spiritual Life

Quotes that Help

“For our own good, God wishes to give us certain things upon our request; in this way we gain confidence in God and acknowledge him as source of all our blessings.”- St. Thomas Aquanas

The Little One

A townsman walks up to another townsman…

TM1 “What? Tell me..”

TM2 “You see her?… What?? Who??.. Why do you smile?”

Lost without Him

Subject at Hand

“You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.”- St. Augustine’s Confessions (Lib 1,1-2,2.5,5: CSEL 33, 1-5)

Sacred Heart with Smarty

May 31: Happy REAL Valentines Day!!

On the Feast Day of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus..