Sin, psychology and love
In those circles that follow and discuss depth psychology – especially that which was built up by Carl Jung – there’s a line of thought that suggests we ought to integrate our shadow side.
A black-and-white understanding of our shadow would equate to our dark, immoral side. A shades-of-gray understanding would include underdeveloped aspects of our personality, character weaknesses and all those things we’re too uncomfortable or embarrassed to admit into consciousness. read more…
Today is the Day, Now Is the Time
God calls and passes by. Tomorrow you would no longer find your heart of today or God’s invitation.
How important it is to respond promptly to the admonitions of the Holy Spirit in all of our affairs.
Don’t let another blessing or call from God pass you by.
Wounded Unto Life Eternal
The knife that wounds is the knife that heals when wielded with the mastery of the Divine Physician. With precision and grace He opens us, uncovering the pain and disease in most need of curing.
Time Away for Prayer – Can’t Live without It
Even Jesus took time away for prayer. Why? To fortify himself for fresher, fiercer struggles. Struggles against his enemies, his recalcitrant apostles and against his own ego.
Are Christians Called to the “Good Life?”
Is your goal as a Christian to seek the “good life?” Are you constantly seeking your own personal comfort? Or are your choices and actions based on a close, trusting relationship with God?
If you find you are constantly being disappointed by others or what life hands you, ask yourself what the focus of your life is. If it’s to constantly avoid every suffering you can, unhappiness will surely follow.
The Compromised Christian
In politics and business, a dark but not uncommon way to get leaders to tote the party or company line is to get some dirt on them and then threaten to tell all. And if no dirt can be found, it’s sometimes manufactured or contrived by association – often with the help of the victim who caves to temptation during a weak moment.
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Leave your human way of thinking behind
If you want to reach Heaven or bliss with God faster, detach yourself more and more from a purely human way of thinking. read more…
The Magi: Super Models of Faith
Sometimes the best models of faith come from outside the faith. The holy daring of three wise men who traveled up to 1,200 miles to seek the Messiah shows us a powerful example of what it means to seek God with all of our strength – body, mind and soul. The following account of the Magi is compiled from divine revelations to Catholic mystic Maria Valtorta. read more…
What does the Kingdom cost?
You and I, who seek the Father through the Son and with the Holy Spirit, can be so many portals for the Kingdom of God.
What must we renounce and sacrifice for the Kingdom?
We start by casting down those personal gods and idols, which we allow to enslave and exercise power over us. We cannot even begin to use our wills freely until we are liberated from those powers that control us either subconsciously or in plain view by our deliberate choosing. read more…
Purity of Heart, Obedience Summon God
Out of the one billion prayers said on earth every day, only a million request supernatural aid to do something that’s pleasing to God. The other 999 million request “human joy, money and health” – and sometimes even “death to gain freedom from someone who is hateful.” So says Jesus in a dictation to Maria Valtorta1 , a Catholic mystic who wrote extensively during the 1940s. read more…