Preparation for Spiritual Warfare takes many shapes. Confession, aka Sacrament of Reconciliation, is always a good place to begin, but another very good beginning is GRATITUDE. An act of will is a good way to begin with any virtue and can be chosen even in the face of uncooperative emotions. Feelings are not fact! It is not essential to FEEL a virtue to HAVE that virtue. I’m grateful as an axiom. Still, I wanted to feel the emotion of gratitude, not just the fact of it. Recently, we had a fire that cost a lot in lost equipment and there was … Continue reading
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Over at Suscipio I have joined in with other women to read the book, Called To Life by Jacques Philippe. We began with the Introduction and I got a bit of a late start but am already enjoying this book. The format is to read a section and then respond on that web site. I can already see that this is a good community of women and edifying for me! My copy of this book is the Kindle edition. I have to say that I am finding the basic kindle to be a good thing. I can carry an entire … Continue reading