How is your spiritual life going? Are you feeling frustrated with yourself? Are you distraught over your lack of progress? Do you keep falling into the same sins repeatedly? Welcome to the human race! No, I’m not trying to dismiss … Continued
My first post at SpiritualDirection.com went up on Tuesday, when I already had my regular post up here. But I know many of you who have not already read it would like to do so. I am going to … Continued
You can’t read the Carmelite saints for long without encountering the idea of detachment. We find it in the writings of John of the Cross, of Teresa of Avila, and even of St. Therese. Detachment for Catholics is not … Continued
I don’t know about you, but I used to fear the future. I feared what might happen to my kids in this post-Christian culture. I feared that all the good things in my life were in the past. I feared … Continued
Oh, we have such high expectations for ourselves for Lent! Then they come tumbling down so quickly. Lent is only three days old, and I’ve already forgotten to avoid complaining several times. Are you fairing as badly? Take heart! If … Continued
Early versions of the new constitutions for the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites defined OCDS members in part as those who “”seek the face of God in prayer” in order to be of service the Church and the world. … Continued