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Stop Running Away
Before reaching the wounds, we must discover our disorders. Acquiring knowledge of our wounds is a process. As we dig within ourselves, before reaching the wounds, we discover layers of disordered tendencies that are affecting our behavior. A disorder is any behavior that is...
Christ’s Wounds
We have already learned that we are healed by touching the wounds of Jesus. Only His wounds can heal because, unlike us, He willingly suffered them with pure love and forgiveness. Therefore, Satan could not infect them with hate or any other poison. This means that Christ’s...
Learn to Endure
“Jesus, I Surrender My Life To You
Take Care of Everything”
After my heart surgery, they had to keep me loaded up on some strong drugs, for pain, of course. I have never liked drugs; in fact when I was very young in the Navy, I was surrounded by men who were highly...
When Our Wounds Are Healed
In Chapter Two—At the Foot of the Cross—we learned the importance of digging deep within us to pull out our entire root system of sin. Now we learn that, buried with our sins, there is also a root system of disordered tendencies, anxieties, and fears that are...
Receive the Brokenness of All People
I asked Jesus how to live as His companion of love. It is easy when I am in prayer, and He allows me to feel His presence and to see His gaze, but during the day, there are so many distractions. Jesus said: Be attentive to each person you encounter in your...
Suffering with Christ
(Not an easy lesson)
The path that Christians are called to walk is not easy. The revelation of Jesus to the world is about the infinite love of the Father. To see Jesus is to see the Father. Jesus shows us the passionate love that God has for all of us. He brings to our...
Letter to a Prisoner at Christmas
December 13, 2024
Dear Gregory,
I ordered the books you asked for. They should arrive before you get this letter, specifically on Tuesday, December 17th. I love Amazon for making it easy to send items to you. I will also pray for the new warden, as it is...
Live your faith in Advent
Advent, for those who practice it, is a place of peace, contemplation, and, yes,
rest from the whirlwind of the holiday season. They can give an answer for the season:
it is the reality of the love of God who has shown himself to us
through Jesus Christ. God became...
Being Thankful is not Always Easy
It is not always easy being thankful,
as we age our burdens can pile up,
when cynical or bitter,
it is difficult to see a brighter light,
yet faith is a way of seeing, of being,
based on a sober choice,
to be bitter or thankful,
a choice as well,
yet, it can...
Not a Doormat
“Jesus commands us to take our Cross and follow Him, but that does not mean we should condone
abusive behavior. Allowing others to use us as “doormats” or failing to stand up for ourselves
is to live in bondage, not humility. Jesus came to set us free from disorders, fears...
Dealing with Our Inner Voices
To live in humility is to live always in total confidence of God’s love, protection, and guidance
and, therefore, to have no concern for yourself when others insult you—or praise you.
Secure in God’s love, you don’t have to base your identity on whether or not...
Speaking the Truth
The Lord is preparing us for persecution. In this time of darkness, those who speak
the truth will be persecuted and misunderstood. Are we ready? That’s why we have
to crucify ourselves, because, as long as we are attached to our reputations, to being
affirmed and liked...
The Precious Blood
(God with us)
You are My beloved spouse of My Most Precious Blood. It is My Blood that refreshes the soul and brings forth new life in the Spirit. My little one, My Blood, poured out for mankind, has been trampled on. It has not been received as My gift of Myself to humanity...
Faith, Struggle, and Rites of Passage
The human existence here on earth is full of struggle, challenges, difficulties,
sufferings, trials, and tears because of the Fall. I came to transform human
suffering through My death and resurrection. The Holy Family
lived the human condition through...
Longing for God
Only love radiates the light of God, for His light is love. The light of Jesus Christ is love that suffers for all and with all, love in pain and sorrow, love that enters into the brokenness of humanity and receives her brokenness into Himself to heal and restore her in God...
Trial by Fire
St. Ignatius also teaches that while we are under a storm, we are being purified by fire,
and the Lord does not speak. Instead, He gives us the grace to remain faithful to
what He had told us previously. Therefore, during the storm, do not make
changes in your life. Hold firm...
The Struggle with Our Thoughts
One does not arrive at virtue except through knowledge of self and
knowledge of Me, which knowledge is more perfectly acquired
in the time of temptation, because then man knows himself to be nothing,
being unable to lift off himself the pains and...
Addictions, anxiety, intelligence and the NDE
There is a saying “talk is cheap” and it is very true. For me to talk of ‘trusting God’ no matter how bleak things get is easy to expand on, but not so easy when I am in the midst of some inner turmoil, or worse, an inner void. While it is true that...
In Times of Trial
In times of trial, we are vulnerable to temptations that promise
to resolve our problems. Like the Israelites in the desert, we
are tempted to return to Egypt. It seemed better for them to
be slaves than to persevere in the adverse conditions
of the desert. To go forward...
The reason behind so many NDE’s
There was a man here this week who is wheelchair bound. He has been coming every year for 25 years and is well known. We talked for a few minutes the other night and he related to me that 17 years ago he was in an automobile accident and was dead for 9...