This week publisher Emmaus Road Publishing sponsors the giveaway. One lucky winner will receive a copy of Finding God Through Meditation edited by Dan Burke (you can read my review here). I use Rafflecopter to run my giveaways which makes it simple for you and me! Enter below. The contest starts at midnight tonight EST and will end 12AM EST 5/29 with a winner being announced later that day. a Rafflecopter giveaway Read more
Endure temptation—it’s God’s training for you The devil makes use of temptation—the word means “testing”—to lure us to hell. But God tests us, says Dionysius, to train us for heaven. In general it seems true that it’s not possible for anyone to keep from experiencing evil completely. As someone says, “the whole world is in the power of the evil one” (1 John 5:19), and again, “their span is but toil and trouble” (Psalm 90:10). But, you might ask, what’s... Read more
Daniel Burke has been steadily assembling a very impressive list of books under the series title Navigating the Interior Life Series. This review I will be focusing on the second offering from the series Finding God Through Meditation: St. Peter of Alcantara by St. Peter of Alcantara and edited by Daniel Burke. To be honest, prior to reading this book, I had little knowledge of who Peter of Alcantara was. St. Peter was a spiritual director of St. Teresa of... Read more
Know how Satan works Whenever Satan attacks us, says St. Cyril of Alexandria, he does it at our weakest point. Whatever temptation we’re most likely to give in to, that’s where Satan musters all his forces. By searching the inspired Scripture thoroughly, we shall find this to be a usual habit, as we may say, of the evil one. At the beginning, he opens his attack by trying the hearts of those who worship God, first of all sowing the... Read more
This week publisher St. Joseph Communications sponsors their first giveaway. One lucky winner will receive a copy of Becoming a Catholic Family 4-CD set by Dr. Scott and Kimberly Hahn (you can read my review here). I use Rafflecopter to run my giveaways which makes it simple for you and me! Enter below. The contest starts at midnight tonight EST and will end 12AM EST 5/26 with a winner being announced later that day. a Rafflecopter giveaway Read more
Expect the devil to attack where you’re weakest Whatever tempts or interests you the most, says St. Leo the Great, that’s where you can expect the devil to attack you. We Christians have to be very careful, or we’ll be caught in the devil’s wiles, and go back to being tangled up in the errors we renounced. For the old enemy never stops transforming himself into an “angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11:14). Everywhere he spreads his web of deceptions,... Read more
Beyond books there are also a number of other resources available to Catholics to strengthen their faith. Recently St. Joseph Communications has entered into a partnership with Lighthouse Catholic Media. This is a win – win for both as St. Joseph Communications has an amazing catalog of audio and video resources among other things and Lighthouse has a fantastic distribution model. This is also a win – win for us as we will have yet another outlet of faith building... Read more
Avoid the first approaches of evil Surely we can stand just a little evil. Not so, says St. Cyril of Alexandria. Judas began simply by tolerating a few whispered suggestions from Satan; he ended up with Satan as master of his whole heart. This is why Judas the traitor was not dismayed at rebukes spoken as yet quietly and secretly, nor did he even regard the invincible might of love, nor honor and glory and grace, nor the gift that... Read more
My oldest daughter Katie just finished reading St. George and the Dragon by Michael Lotti. Here is her review: St. George and the Dragon by Michael Lotti is an exciting and creative retelling of the popular myth of St. George. This is not the story of St. George, instead it is a story – woven from the many myths and the few facts of St. George who lived in the Roman Empire in 300 A.D. This story shows the reader... Read more
Turn temptation into triumph Temptations and trials do us good, says St. Ephrem the Syrian. Easy living makes us forget God, but difficulties strengthen us. To those who are just and upright, temptations become helps. Job, a man of discernment, was victorious in temptations. Sickness came on him, and he did not complain; disease afflicted him and he did not murmur; his body failed and his strength departed, but his will was not weakened. He proved perfect in all by... Read more
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