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Works of Love – SpiritualDirection.com
Editor’s note: This is part 22 of a series, “The Kingdom of Grace.” Part 21 can be found here.
“The spiritual life consists principally in charity,” says Saint Thomas Aquinas. The ultimate goal of...
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Excerpt from The Sh!t No One Tells You About Divorce
Excerpt from The Sh!t No One Tells You About Divorce, by Dawn Dais
Chapter 6: All the Therapy (when your friends are officially tired of listening to your bullshit)
I tried a lot of different...
INSPIRATIONAL
Why You Should Seek to Acquire Positive Emotional Detachment
We all encounter stressful situations and stressful people, unpleasant situations and sometimes, some kind of emotional manipulation.
This happens at work, in stores, at school, and even in relationships.
These encounters create stress and anxiety,...
LIFE
All the Wrong Reasons I Slept with Men Before and Why I’m Changing Now
I have not had sex in years. I was meditating one day, and my mind was silent (an extremely rare event), then I heard “Do not have sex until you are married.” Something...
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The Letters of St. Paul of the Cross: ‘Courage, Dear One’
If God permits temptations to gluttony, it is a sign he wants to give you the reward of an accomplished abstinence so that you might take off in-flight to the highest contemplation. If...
SPIRITUAL
Mind, Quantum, and Free Will
By Peter Ells/ www.iff-books.com
Here I discuss my latest book (Ells, 2022). The mind-body problem is the most important challenge that has...
LIFE
3 Key Benefits to Forgiving and Why I Thanked My Imperfect Parents
“Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.” ~Marianne Williamson...
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You Are My Beloved: A Movement of the Heart Part 1
In November 1904, a little more than three years after she entered the Carmel in Dijon, St Elizabeth of the Trinity tore a blank page out of her personal notebook, took up her...