I have a deep respect for Fr. Gaitley. I believe he is attempting to make deep spiritual truths available to everyone in what I loving call baby steps. Baby steps are the key to what I believe true change comes in our normal lives. Not talking about extraordinary, supernatural events and changes. I am currently reading through 33 Days to Greater Glory so I wil…
Read moreThis is one of the most powerful booklets I have read in my 47 years of experience. Seriously. Read it! Here are some highlights: "...perfect love of God means the complete union of our will with God's..." page 6 "...the more one unites his will with the divine will, the greater will be his love of God." page 6 "'I direct all my pr…
Read moreThe highway of the upright turns aside from evil; he who guards his way preserves his life. Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. ~Proverbs 16:17-18 Dude, I can't tell you how many times I've told myself that a little of this and a little of that are ok. I can't tell you how many times I've heard other people tell other…
Read moreSt. Therese's little way is that we come to Christ as small children. If we lean on him and allow him to carry us, we will be closer to him than if we try to get to him under our own strength. I have jokingly said that I am going to call my approach the lazy way. Let's see how this goes as in my head it makes sense, hopefully it translates well into writt…
Read moreWhere I am at with my goals: pay off school loans no progress yet complete master herbal program finished unit 56-57 finish book no progress yet start podcast/video no progress yet Sabbats I have worked on Sundays but overall huge improvement Southeastern Trail race series , GoRuck Heavy, Tough, and Basic , Goggins 4x4x48 , GoRuck Tribe GoRuck Tribe in progr…
Read moreI was recently challenged to write my testimony in one hundred words, with gentleness & reverence. Here goes: I struggled to know who God is until I learned the Old Testament is a love story of a mighty Redeemer constantly calling us to return to him. I always had a yearning for God and that was because he was calling me. If you have a yearning for God, it…
Read moreImagine this, a field full of lambs. It's night. There are strobing lights throughout the field pulsing in a array of colors. Huge speakers are set up and the air is throbbing with bass as house music plays almost painfully loud. untz untz untz It's a lamb party. All of a sudden you see the Shepherd return carrying a lost lamb. A roar goes up in c…
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