When Spirits Attack
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Saturday, April 02, 2011
Jennifer Fulwiler penned an important post on spiritual attack earlier this week.
A famous revert to the faith—who then reverted right back out—is what prompts her thinking.
I remember reading some years ago that something like 50% of the people who come into the Church at Easter fall away again within a year.
I don’t think that’s all a matter of poor catechesis.
I think Jen is right: we need to... READ MORE
'Thy Will Be Done'
Posted by Sara Fox Peterson in Faith on Friday, October 02, 2009
I imagine that most of you are familiar with Pope Paul VI’s authoritative teaching on the morally licit use of NFP to avoid pregnancy:
“With regard to physical, economic, psychological and social conditions, responsible parenthood is exercised by those who prudently and generously decide to have more children, and by those who, for serious reasons and with due respect to moral precepts, decide not... READ MORE
God's Hand and the Little Flower
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Faith on Thursday, October 01, 2009
I love St. Thérèse of Lisieux. What an inspiration she is!
Years ago when I was in college, we read Story of a Soul and studied the life of St. Thérèse in my Catholic Spirituality course.
Here is something interesting about St. Thérèse: did you know that she almost wasn’t?
Louis and Zélie Martin had nine children and Thérèse was their youngest. But neither of them planned to have any children at... READ MORE
Balancing Resources
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Thursday, December 04, 2008
Our discussion on my frugality post from last week has me thinking about resources.
It’s easy to talk about money because it’s concrete, but there are other resources that are just as important for completing the tasks of our daily lives, like time and energy.
Psalm 127 says,
In vain is your earlier rising, your going later to rest, you who toil for the bread you eat, when he pours gifts on his beloved... READ MORE
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