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14 Rules for the Discernment of Spirits by St. Ignatius of Loyola
14 Rules for the Discernment of Spirits by St. Ignatius of Loyola. Rules for becoming aware and understanding to some extent the different movements which are caused in the soul, the good, to receive them, and the bad to reject them. And these rules are more proper for the first week.
Charles Carroll: The Revolutionary Becket?
By Scott McDermott
If I didn’t make you do a double-take with that title – well, I’m disappointed. Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832), the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence, seems to have little in common with King Henry II’s 12th-century Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury, St. Thomas Becket. Obviously, Becket was a priest, while Carroll, a married layman, earned vast wealth through his plantations and business ventures. Carroll died in his bed at age 95, while Becket was murdered at the altar in his prime.
The Cycle of Fatherhood
What follows is a piece I wrote as a small tribute to my own father for Father’s day 2015. The impact a father has on his child is immeasurable. A child’s entire development hinges on both parents, but on the father in a very special and particular way. The complete and entire self of the father is the base upon which a child forges and develops his own personality. It is as deep and as real as that.
Moral, Intellectual and Religious Freedom according to John Henry Newman
A friend who was once an atheist told me he used to think that Christians were ignorant people who did not think for themselves, people who accepted doctrines without reasoning. Of course once he became a Christian, he realized this was a false generalization.
Freedom and the Present Moment Pt.2
If it’s a mistake to add the burden of the past to the weight of the present, it’s a still worse mistake to burden the present with the future. The remedy for that tendency is to meditate on the lesson contained in the Gospel about abandonment to God’s Providence and ask for God’s grace to practice it.
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14 Rules for the Discernment of Spirits by St. Ignatius of Loyola
Charles Carroll: The Revolutionary Becket?
Moral, Intellectual and Religious Freedom according to John Henry Newman
Freedom and the Present Moment Pt.2
Freedom and the Present Moment Pt.1