Category Archives: Armor for the Battle
Is There A Lot Happening, or What? (article links)
I am going to start with the uplifting articles I found first: 1. People in Virginia can now sue for wrongful deaths of a fetus–the fetus and others connected to the fetus starting to get the recognition of due importance. … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, Catholic, Christian, contraception, current-events, feminism, freedom, human-rights, meditations, ministry, mother, mother Teresa, new feminism, philosophy, politics, pro-life, religion, Saints, Scripture, single mom, single mother, spirituality, theology, thirsting for God, women's issues
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Do All Confessors/Spiritual Directors Know What They Are Talking About?
When choosing a confessor, Saint Teresa of Avila placed a lot of emphasis on “Not only the spiritual devotion of a confessor, but also upon his being learned as well” (The Way of Perfection, 461). When given a worldly confessor, … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, Catholic, Christian, confession, confessors, contemplation, interior castle, meditation, meditations, ministry, mother, mysticism, mystics, new feminism, philosophy, prayer, reconciliation, religion, rosary, saint teresa of avila, Saints, single mom, single mother, spiritual devotion, spiritual direction, spiritual directors, spiritual exercises, spiritual medicine, spirituality, Teresa of Avila, theology, way of perfection
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What Is Prayer? Is Jesus a Coping Mechanism?
“Prayer is both a gift of grace and a determined response on our part. It always presupposes effort. The great figures of prayer of the Old Covenant before Christ, as well as the Mother of God, the saints, and he … Continue reading
Posted in Armor for the Battle, The Crossing Cafe
Tagged authentic knowledge, Catholic, Christian, christian prayer, meditations, mental void, mother, new feminism, philokalia, philosophy, prayer, psychological activity, religion, Scripture, single mom, single mother, spirit of christ, spiritual exercises, spirituality, theology, union with god
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How Can I Tell If I Am Getting Good Spiritual Direction in Confession?
Confession makes the soul strong because a really good confession–the confession of a child coming back to the Father–always begets humility, and humility is strength. We may go to confession as often as we want and to whom we want, … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, apologetics, Catholic, Christian, confession, confession penance, conversion, meditations, ministry, mother Teresa, new feminism, prayer, reconciliation, religion, single mom, single mother, spiritual direction, theology, thirsting for God
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