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• May 28, 2023

  • The three later Fathers who speak more lowly of Mary are not speaking dogmatically
    5 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • How to determine whether a statement is an Apostolic Tradition
    5 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • How the three later Fathers can be shown to not be speaking dogmatically about Mary not being sinless
    5 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Further proof that the Anglican understanding of the Fathers’ authority is less consistent than the Catholic
    2 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Answers to objections about why some Fathers and Gospel passages spoke unsatisfactorily about Mary
    8 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

• May 21, 2023

  • Two quotes of St. Chrysostom that enemies of Mary’s sinlessness incorrectly use against her
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • An answer to the accusation that the Fathers claimed Mary was not sinless
    7 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • A quote from St. Cyril which proponents of Mary’s sinfulness incorrectly use against her
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • A quote from St. Basil that advocates of the sinfulness of the Blessed Virgin Mary incorrectly use against her
    2 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

• May 13, 2023

  • That non-Catholic beliefs about Mary are not able to stand on the Fathers
    2 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Liturgical emphasis on Mary is proper and precedented, and points to Jesus
    2 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Examples of false and harmful devotion to Mary
    5 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Demonstrations of how accusations of Catholic devotion to Mary are not fair or aimed towards unity
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

• May 12, 2023

  • Raynaud quoting two Fathers who condemn false devotion to Mary
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Raynaud explaining how falsely honoring Mary could be an insult to Christ
    2 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Canisius and Petau on restraining devotion to Mary to what is reasonable and sober
    4 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

• May 11, 2023

  • True devotion to Mary also strongly objects to idolatry of Mary
    4 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • The ways the Catholic Church has responded to errors in Mariology have been prudent
    2 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • That devotion to Mary is not necessary for salvation, but intentionally rejecting her is another thing
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

• May 9, 2023

  • Where Jesus is truly present, devotion to the Blessed Virgin only leads to stronger devotion to her Son
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • There is nothing in approved English Catholic devotional books to take issue with on the topic of Mary
    4 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • That the opponents in this matter can be reconciled to some degree by certain facts
    1 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • That Greek devotion to Mary ought to alleviate Anglican grievances against Catholic Mariology
    2 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Recognition of Mary’s exaltation only reinforces God’s inherent greatness
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Proper Catholic teachings on Mary were not fairly or properly represented when attacked
    5 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • It takes nothing from God to draw out the profound implications of the Incarnation having a Mother
    4 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • English devotion to Mary must necessarily be of a different, calmer temperament than foreign equivalents
    2 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Devotion to the Blessed Virgin is an inescapable consequence of the plain facts to be realized gradually
    4 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Devotion to Mary is not incompatible with devotion to her Divine Son
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Devotion to Mary generally does not result in idolatry
    4 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

• May 8, 2023

  • That the blessed above still should and do pray for us below
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • That sanctity is the source of intercession’s effectiveness
    5 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • That it is fundamentally inconsistent to trust the Fathers and be against Catholic devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Reason and logic are not sufficient to protect the development of religious ideas from occasional error
    2 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Natural development of religious ideas will inherently involve some degree of decay and excess
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Ideas are living things which ought to be allowed to grow and mature naturally
    1 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • An example of the Blessed Virgin Mary interceding to prevent heresy in ancient times
    4 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

• May 7, 2023

  • The literary nature of Scripture practically demands that the Woman of Revelation 12 be the Blessed Virgin Mary
    4 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • The Church Fathers witnessing to the praiseworthiness of the Mother of God by their strong language
    4 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • That the Woman of Revelation 12 must have been the Blessed Virgin Mary for St. John to have used that imagery
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Many ancient Fathers witnessing to the reality of the title Mother of God
    4 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • If the child and the dragon in Revelation 12 are the devil and Jesus, why is the woman not Mary?
    2 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Evidence in Scripture of the fact and command of intercessory prayer within the Church on earth
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Everything good that can and has been said about the Blessed Virgin Mary pales in comparison to the sound title Mother of God
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

• May 6, 2023

  • That early church art supplements sufficiently where the early Church Fathers are less clear on the role of Mary
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

• May 5, 2023

  • That Catholics are rightly apt to consider the practical implications of the Blessed Virgin’s life and derive her dignity and a devotion from it
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • That Catholic points not yet in controversy were not argued by the Fathers yet were evident in Scripture
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Heroes of history should and usually do have a perpetual place in our minds, hearts and words
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

• May 3, 2023

  • The Immaculate Conception is perfectly reasonable when understood correctly
    2 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • That humanity’s Original Sin, which was removed from Mary at conception, is merely a deprivation of grace and the subsequent consequences
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • If Eve was created with grace, and Mary is the new Eve, then Mary must also have been
    4 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • How Mary could reasonably be considered an unfallen child of Eve
    2 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Fifth century Fathers testifying firmly of the active role of Mary in our salvation
    4 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

• May 2, 2023

  • St. Jerome and St. Augustine as worldwide fifth century witnesses of the received teachings of Mary
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Some fourth century Fathers as witnesses to the active role of Mary in humanity’s salvation
    4 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

• May 1, 2023

  • The Fathers on the active willing participation of Mary in bringing forth the Incarnation and Redemption of mankind
    5 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • The earliness, distance, completeness, and harmony of the Early Fathers on their teachings about Mary is strong evidence of its Apostolic origin
    2 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • The Church Fathers are a sufficient basis for defending doctrines concerning the Blessed Virgin Mary
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • That the Fathers, even Early Fathers, say Mary caused our salvation as much as Eve caused our ruin
    2 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • That Jesus and Mary are the new Adam and Eve according to reason and the Church Fathers
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • That Catholicism contains an enormous variety of devotions suited to every kind of person
    2 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • St. Irenaeus even ascribes to Mary the title and office of the Holy Spirit, that of Paraclete
    1 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Some aspects of religion are particular to time and place, culture and fashion
    4 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • On the importance of the distinction between doctrine and devotion
    4 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Devotions to Saints in the Church spring up at different times for various reasons
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Arguing against non-authoritative writers is essentially attacking a straw-man
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

• April 30, 2023

  • The meaning of Tract 90 was widely misunderstood
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • That Catholics and Anglicans actually seem to agree on the nature of the authority of Sacred Tradition
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • St. John Henry Newman never called the Anglican Church a bulwark against infidelity in England
    4 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • How apparently opposing viewpoints might be reconciled through explanation
    4 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Further reasons why this letter was written
    3 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • Converts must first absorb their religion, and afterwards might speak with some authority
    4 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • 30th Visit to the Blessed Sacrament and the Blessed Virgin Mary
    4 min — Visits to the Most Holy Sacrament, by St. Alphonsus de Liguori

  • 29th Visit to the Blessed Sacrament and the Blessed Virgin Mary
    4 min — Visits to the Most Holy Sacrament, by St. Alphonsus de Liguori

• April 29, 2023

  • That the Eirenicon was an attack and not an attempt at unity
    4 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

• April 28, 2023

  • On the prudence of allowing everyone their private conscience without judgment
    4 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • 28th Visit to the Blessed Sacrament and the Blessed Virgin Mary
    5 min — Visits to the Most Holy Sacrament, by St. Alphonsus de Liguori

• April 27, 2023

  • St. John Henry Newman’s reflection on his becoming Catholic
    4 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

  • 27th Visit to the Blessed Sacrament and the Blessed Virgin Mary
    4 min — Visits to the Most Holy Sacrament, by St. Alphonsus de Liguori

• April 24, 2023

  • Beginning of John Henry Newman’s reply to the Eirenicon
    2 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

• March 17, 2023

  • Mary’s suffering was strong enough to cause a death of martyrdom
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

• February 24, 2023

  • St. Vincent Ferrer and the miracle of the snow-white crosses
    2 min — St. Vincent Ferrer, O.P.

  • Faith is necessary for salvation and gives glory to God
    3 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • An idea of the judgment passed upon the righteous
    3 min — The Four Last Things

• December 11, 2022

  • We should do everything to avoid Hell while we still can
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 4, 2022

  • If we continue to ignore God’s warnings, we forfeit our souls permanently to Hell
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • If only we cooperate with God’s inspirations, our inevitable duties will be far easier
    2 min — Parochial and Plain Sermons, in 8 volumes

• November 1, 2022

  • We have made the commandments of God grievous to ourselves by hardening our hearts
    3 min — Parochial and Plain Sermons, in 8 volumes

• October 30, 2022

  • Our peace cannot be found in others
    1 min — Imitation of Christ

• September 23, 2022

  • Our hearts must not rest in this world but in God
    1 min — Imitation of Christ

• September 22, 2022

  • Prayer of praise and longing for the Eucharist
    1 min — Imitation of Christ

• September 20, 2022

  • We must love and thank Jesus even in suffering
    0 min — Imitation of Christ

• September 18, 2022

  • Patience in suffering will purchase us eternal rest
    1 min — Imitation of Christ

• September 17, 2022

  • God consoles us to strength us for our trials
    0 min — Imitation of Christ

• September 16, 2022

  • A prayer for heavenly Wisdom in our trials
    1 min — Imitation of Christ

• September 11, 2022

  • Exhortation to humbly make peace with God
    1 min — Imitation of Christ

• September 10, 2022

  • A prayer to God in our weakness and temptations
    1 min — Imitation of Christ

  • A prayer of thanksgiving to God for his mercy
    1 min — Imitation of Christ

• September 8, 2022

  • The devil tries to frighten us into submission, but God will protect us
    2 min — Imitation of Christ

• June 28, 2022

  • Humility will protect our hearts from the accusations of the world
    2 min — Imitation of Christ

• June 7, 2022

  • God’s goodness in giving Himself to us sinners should inspire us with even greater humility, trust and love
    1 min — Imitation of Christ

• June 6, 2022

  • The more we preserve our hearts for God, the more will he fill us with Divine Love and Grace
    1 min — Imitation of Christ

  • The love of friends must only depend on and exist in the Love of God
    1 min — Imitation of Christ

• May 24, 2022

  • Mary’s love was greater than any angel’s or saint’s as much as the moon is bigger and brighter than any star
    1 min — The Month of Mary According to the Spirit of St. Francis De Sales

  • Mary only slept in order to love and serve God better
    2 min — The Month of Mary According to the Spirit of St. Francis De Sales

• May 17, 2022

  • May 17th: Mary not only practiced perfect obedience, but recommended it to all in the Gospel
    2 min — The Month of Mary According to the Spirit of St. Francis De Sales

• May 15, 2022

  • May 15th: The union of Humility and Charity in the Blessed Virgin Mary
    4 min — The Month of Mary According to the Spirit of St. Francis De Sales

  • May 15th: The three Unions that occurred at the Incarnation
    2 min — The Month of Mary According to the Spirit of St. Francis De Sales

• May 13, 2022

  • By humility and a desire to love God, we begin to pray, which is so effective against the devil that he tries to convince us not to
    2 min — The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena

• May 12, 2022

  • However perfectly we love God will be shown in how selflessly we love our neighbor
    4 min — The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena

• May 11, 2022

  • When God withdraws good feelings of devotion, it’s only to free us closer to Him through our humility
    4 min — The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena

• May 10, 2022

  • Progressing from fear of God to a selfish love of God
    4 min — The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena

• May 8, 2022

  • Saint Joseph’s life was a preparation for his vocation as Husband of Mary and Father of Jesus
    3 min — Saint Joseph of Jesus and Mary

• May 7, 2022

  • Losing everything but having God is having more than everything
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• May 6, 2022

  • That the Father and the Son are One Thing Together
    4 min — The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena

• May 5, 2022

  • Ways that God manifests Himself to a soul who loves Him
    3 min — The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena

• May 3, 2022

  • God reveals himself to a soul that loves God only for God’s sake
    3 min — The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena

• May 2, 2022

  • Loving God selflessly
    4 min — The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena

• April 28, 2022

  • Our riches, honors, and pleasures will not help us in Hell but only increase our eternal torments
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• April 27, 2022

  • Devotion to Joseph will make us even more like Jesus
    1 min — Saint Joseph of Jesus and Mary

• April 23, 2022

  • If we see and love the will of God in all things, whether good or bad, and in all simplicity, we will overcome everything
    4 min — Abandonment to Divine Providence

• April 22, 2022

  • The true heroes of history seem like the weak and powerless, until they inevitably win because they are on God’s side
    5 min — Abandonment to Divine Providence

• April 21, 2022

  • The Bible and the Saints on Mary’s being Immaculately Conceived
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

• April 20, 2022

  • Reasons why Mary did not tell Joseph about the Incarnation
    1 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• April 19, 2022

  • Meditations on the hearts of Mary and Joseph right after the Annunciation and Incarnation
    3 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• April 17, 2022

  • Mary Magdalene sees Jesus first after the Resurrection
    16 min — The Catena Aurea

• April 15, 2022

  • Some idea of the terror we will feel if condemned to Eternal Hell
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• April 14, 2022

  • We should have the same song of praise for God whether we receive good or bad
    3 min — The Spiritual Conferences of St. Francis de Sales

• April 13, 2022

  • One single act done with dryness of spirit is worth more than many done with great fervour and sensible devotion
    4 min — The Spiritual Conferences of St. Francis de Sales

• April 12, 2022

  • Our submission to God’s will during afflictions is far more pleasing to him and helpful to us than our good works in prosperity
    2 min — The Spiritual Conferences of St. Francis de Sales

• April 11, 2022

  • True fervor and true humility
    3 min — The Spiritual Conferences of St. Francis de Sales

• April 10, 2022

  • The severity and rigor of the Final Judgment should make every soul tremble with fear
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The faithfulness and love with which we do our devotions is what brings us to perfection
    4 min — The Spiritual Conferences of St. Francis de Sales

• April 9, 2022

  • Now is the only time we have to prepare for the terrible Day of Judgment before God
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• April 8, 2022

  • St. Gregory on the dread Judgment after death
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • God is not pleased by our eagerness but with the love with which we entrust our devotions to him
    2 min — The Spiritual Conferences of St. Francis de Sales

• April 7, 2022

  • An example told by a Saint of the dreaded Judgment we will all have to face
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• April 6, 2022

  • Meditations on the fear of Death and our Judgment before God
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• April 5, 2022

  • Meditations on Death and its terrible circumstances
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• April 4, 2022

  • Reflecting on our death and judgement will help us avoid sin
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• April 3, 2022

  • The Four Last Things are extremely powerful incentives to practice virtue and avoid sin
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• April 2, 2022

  • The various circumstances of our being Chosen should move us to deep gratitude and joy
    5 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• April 1, 2022

  • We should be grateful if God has chosen us in his love from all eternity
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• March 31, 2022

  • The benefit of being chosen by God should motivate us to gratitude and to practice virtue
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• March 30, 2022

  • The gratitude we ought to have for God for giving us Himself in the Sacraments
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• March 28, 2022

  • We owe the Holy Spirit both for maintaining our virtues and being prevented from sins
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• March 27, 2022

  • Some effects of the Holy Spirit in a just soul
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• March 26, 2022

  • The change in our lives from our continuous justification should make us ever more grateful to God
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• March 25, 2022

  • The world is saved by Mary’s fiat
    4 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• March 24, 2022

  • Mary by faith remained a Virgin yet became Mother of God
    6 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• March 23, 2022

  • Mary is full of grace and blessed among all women
    3 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• March 22, 2022

  • On the Archangel Gabriel entering Mary’s room to greet her
    4 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• March 21, 2022

  • All God’s angels descended from Heaven to witness the Annunciation, Fiat, and Incarnation at midnight on March 25th
    4 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• March 20, 2022

  • Joseph and Mary were truly married before the Annunciation
    3 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• March 19, 2022

  • In justifying us, God also grants us the right to eternal life
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • God rewarded the purity, humility, and virginity of Joseph and Mary by letting them become the parents of the Messiah
    3 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• March 18, 2022

  • The many blessings and consequences of Joseph being the most blessed spouse of Mary
    3 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• March 17, 2022

  • The unfathomable spiritual riches St. Joseph much have received as the privileged husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • By justification, we are made living members of the Body of Christ, and may confidently ask for whatever we need for His sake and benefit
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• March 16, 2022

  • St. Leonard of Port Maurice on the dignity of St. Joseph as the Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • By justifying a soul, God not only imparts immeasurable beauty, strength and other gifts to it, but even dwells Himself within it
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• March 15, 2022

  • How by justifying man, God recreates and restores him from the damage of sin
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• March 14, 2022

  • How Joseph and Mary honored, served and loved one another as the holiest and most devout spouses
    4 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• March 13, 2022

  • The hidden life of Joseph and Mary
    3 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • Perfection of consecrated life is not in austerities but purely in Love of God
    4 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • By justifying us, God spared us from the many pains of Hell we deserved
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• March 12, 2022

  • The benefit of no longer being God’s enemy, but rather his own dear child
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • It is a good sign of spiritual health to welcome correction
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • A brief description of the Holy House in Nazareth
    3 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• March 11, 2022

  • The 7 degrees of our Justification by the Holy Spirit
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • How Joseph and Mary both also practiced the Evangelical Counsels of Poverty and Obedience
    3 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • A convent is a hospital for the spiritually sick
    1 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• March 10, 2022

  • Theories about when Joseph and Mary left Jerusalem after their marriage
    4 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • If God has given us everything and even Himself, how can we outrage him by using his benefits to crucify him by sin?
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Advice from St. Francis de Sales on whether to fast as a personal mortification
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• March 9, 2022

  • We may pause our sacrifices to fulfill brotherly love and to conceal our virtues
    4 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Mary was given as wife not to the man with most worldly advantages, but to the holiest man alive
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • God’s immense love for us, especially on the Cross, should draw us away from sin
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• March 8, 2022

  • We must love the crosses God gives us more than the ones we choose
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • The marriage of Joseph and Mary was intended to hide their virginity until the appointed time
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • St. Anselm on the gratitude we owe God
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• March 7, 2022

  • The Passion of Jesus should move us to deepest gratitude and Love for God
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Penances too severe may weaken our ability to effectively fight temptations
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • More reasons it was fitting that Mary and Joseph should be both married and virgins
    3 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• March 6, 2022

  • The devil doesn’t fear our austerities or mortifications, but our obedience to God
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Reasons the marriage of Joseph and Mary wasn’t invalid despite their vows of virginity
    3 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • Jesus underwent such excessive torture out of his abundantly excessive Love for us
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• March 5, 2022

  • The manner of our redemption might be more marvelous than our redemption itself
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • How St. Francis de Sales converted a hardened criminal sentenced to death and without hope in God
    5 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • How Joseph and Mary were true spouses despite being also perpetual virgins
    3 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• March 4, 2022

  • The effects of affability, gravity, and devotion in a saintly soul
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • God’s unfathomable compassion on humanity after the Fall led Him to reconcile us to himself in the greatest way possible
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • An answer to a question of why Joseph and Mary would renew their vows of virginity on their marriage night
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• March 3, 2022

  • Those who suffer for righteousness’ sake are very blessed and dear to God
    1 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • The benefit of our Redemption is almost beyond our ability to praise
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Francis de Sales declaring that St. Joseph was perpetually a virgin as well
    1 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• March 2, 2022

  • The extreme madness of using God’s own gifts against him
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Reasonable, historical, and Biblical guesses as to the details of the marriage ceremony of St. Joseph and the Blessed Virgin Mary
    4 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • A short debate about whether we will actually turn the other cheek
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• March 1, 2022

  • St. Joseph was probably the most comely and well-disposed of the sons of men
    6 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • St. Francis de Sales patiently refuses a demand to bestow a benefice unjustly
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Shall we be less grateful to God than wild beasts without even the light of reason are to us?
    5 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• February 28, 2022

  • The fearlessness of St. Francis de Sales in receiving insults and contempt
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • St. Joseph’s early artistic depiction and very young do not prove that he was very young
    3 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • If pagan philosophers knew we should be grateful to God for everything, shouldn’t Christians be far more so?
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• February 27, 2022

  • St. Joseph is merely portrayed as an old man in Christian Art to represent his virtues and analogy of God the Father
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • How St. Francis de Sales defended his relative poverty against accusations
    4 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • All creation was given to us by God for our benefit, which we should be grateful to Him for
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• February 26, 2022

  • The pure madness of offending the All-Powerful Giver of Life, Breath, and Everything
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The hidden facts of Mary’s and Joseph’s lives must have been the most fitting and perfect of all possibilities
    3 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • How St. Francis de Sales won over a malicious creditor with patience and charity
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• February 25, 2022

  • Reasons St. Joseph was probably a young man when he married the Blessed Virgin Mary
    4 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • How St. Francis de Sales converted a sinful priest by meekness and humility
    4 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • God also deserves our service because he continually sustains our existence
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• February 24, 2022

  • We are only rich when we have God and always poor when we don’t
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Conclusion of the chapter on the Blessed Virgin’s betrothal to St. Joseph
    1 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • An example of justice and mercy in meekness
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• February 23, 2022

  • Mary and Joseph had but one heart and one spirit
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • Jesus the Gardener sows seeds of mortification in our souls, that he may also make them blossom into flowers of glory
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • God created us in need so we might humbly turn to him to finish the work of our creation
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• February 22, 2022

  • Whoever says they received life from nature is only giving God another name
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • On having the Cross of Jesus in our hearts
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Mary gave her heart only to God and Joseph
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • Examples of Mary helping Saints in the hour of death
    5 min — The Glories of Mary

• February 21, 2022

  • Mary’s consent to marry Joseph was the highest honor he could receive
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • Mary is a true friend and helper at the hour of our death
    1 min — The Glories of Mary

  • If even pagans are grateful for their creation, how much more should a Christian be
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Enduring the Cross out of Love of God
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• February 20, 2022

  • Mary chose Joseph as her spouse freely and deliberately
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • It was more noble and fitting that Mary be preserved from sin than redeemed from it
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

  • How St. Francis de Sales bore painful illnesses
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • God demands for our own sake that we acknowledge his benefits, especially of our creation
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• February 19, 2022

  • The patience needed for a long illness or to help one through it
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • The folly of those who live as though they created themselves for their own purposes
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The Blessed Virgin willfully and deliberately consented to marriage with Joseph
    1 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • Jesus would not have honored the Mother of Purity if he failed to preserve her from original sin
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

• February 18, 2022

  • An example of the true virtue of patience
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• February 17, 2022

  • We are obliged to serve God because He created us
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The calm we should have during tribulation
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Proofs from the Bible and Saints that Mary was conceived without sin
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Mary and Joseph probably knew about each other’s vow of virginity before being espoused
    1 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• February 16, 2022

  • When and how we are allowed to complain
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Strong reasons why Aaron’s rod that budded was a miracle reproduced for God choosing St. Joseph as the Blessed Virgin’s Most Chaste Spouse
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • Our obligates or offenses against God are infinitely more than those against men
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • More reasons given by Saints that Jesus should not have been born of a woman once a slave to Lucifer
    1 min — The Glories of Mary

• February 15, 2022

  • The madness of loving or serving anything more than God
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Many Doctors of the Church on the reasons Mary was always without sin
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

  • How to endure various sufferings for love of God
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • An ancient legend of St. Joseph being chosen by God for the Blessed Virgin Mary’s spouse by a miracle like that of Aaron’s rod that budded
    3 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• February 14, 2022

  • Two Doctors of the Church on the Espousal of St. Joseph and the Blessed Virgin Mary
    1 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • St. Thomas Aquinas arguing the greatness of God
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Reasons we should be patient with those who annoy us
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • It was not fitting that the Son of God be united to flesh previously infected by guilt
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

• February 13, 2022

  • Virtues to practice when we are insulted or accused
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • The order and beauty of creation gives us an idea of the power and greatness of God
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Some Saints attesting to Mary being conceived without sin to be a worthy vessel of the Son of God
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Joseph’s rare virtues and holiness probably led the authorities to betroth him to Mary
    3 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• February 12, 2022

  • The perfections of God are infinitely beyond our senses
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Reasons it was befitting the Mother of God to be created free from all sin
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Fatherly reproaches to a man-child’s whining
    8 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Discussion on the Blessed Virgin’s Vow of Virginity in relation to her Espousal to St. Joseph
    3 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• February 11, 2022

  • The Jewish authorities probably espoused Mary to Joseph as worthy and comparable of her most excellent virtues as a child
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • If God could create the Angels and even Eve free from sin, could he not do the same with Mary?
    3 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Humility in regards to our neighbor and ourselves
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • God’s perfections are infinitely above our understanding
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• February 10, 2022

  • Reasons and ways God is far superior to any created thing or being
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • More virtues to practice when we are falsely spoken evil of
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Mary and Joseph were probably betrothed by the highest Jewish authorities themselves
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • It was fitting that Jesus should be born of a woman always free from sin, so he could not be reproached by Lucifer with having dishonorable parentage
    1 min — The Glories of Mary

• February 9, 2022

  • What to do when we are falsely accused
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • The marriage of Mary and Joseph was to be perfect in order to restore the honor due to marriage forfeited by Adam and Eve
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • The love we owe to God will not move hearts that dwell upon the earth
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • It was fitting that Mary should be free from sin so she could become a worthy habitation of the Son of God
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

• February 8, 2022

  • Reasons why Justice demands we Love and Serve God
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Reasons we should be content with the contempt of others
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • It was fitting that Mary be preserved from sin so she could conquer the devil
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

  • God gave Mary the pure virgin Joseph to hide and protect His Sacred Mysteries
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• February 7, 2022

  • We should guard our reputation only for God’s service
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • The Infinite Goodness and Perfection of God is the first and chief reason to Love and Serve Him
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • It was fitting that Mary be preserved from sin so she could be a peacemaker between God and Man
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

• February 5, 2022

  • Upon our Good Name
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Justice and Profit most help move the Will to good
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • It was not fitting that Mary, the first-born daughter of God, should ever be the slave of Lucifer
    1 min — The Glories of Mary

• February 4, 2022

  • The Three Persons of the Holy Trinity preserved the Blessed Virgin from All Sin
    1 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Introduction to the Sinner’s Guide
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Accusing and Excusing Ourselves
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• February 3, 2022

  • The sufferings of Christ and the Saints should encourage and inspire us
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The Holy Spirit preserved His Spouse the Blessed Virgin from all sin
    3 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Even when we are not guilty, we are not innocent
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• February 2, 2022

  • True and false humility
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • The lives of the Saints and Martyrs should give us courage in the practice of virtue
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Some 19th century arguments against Agnosticism
    4 min — Apologetica

  • Don Bosco and the Insane Asylum
    4 min — Don Bosco, a Sketch of His Life and Miracles

  • Cardinal Manning’s explanation of how many 19th century Anglicans were Catholic
    4 min — Letter to Dr. Pusey by Henry Edward Manning

• February 1, 2022

  • The fruits of Avarice
    4 min — The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena

  • Speaking in praise or blame of ourselves both usually come from pride
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Reasons why we should have courage in the pursuit of virtue
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• January 31, 2022

  • The relationship between Humility and Obedience
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • The courage necessary in the practice of virtue
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • God gave Joseph to us as well as Mary
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • A short story and prayer to give us more confidence in the goodness and love of Mary
    4 min — The Glories of Mary

• January 30, 2022

  • Why we should humbly obey our superiors
    5 min — Practical Piety Set Forth by St Francis de Sales

  • Those with greater charity prefer humiliations to honors
    1 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • The vigilance and care necessary in the practice of virtue
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The Sacred Heart of Jesus vindicates the innocent
    1 min — The Sacred Heart, Anecdotes and Examples to Assist in Devotion

  • The first exile of St. John Chrysostom
    7 min — The Greek Fathers

  • How St. Anselm was obedient to everyone
    4 min — Practical Piety Set Forth by St Francis de Sales

  • Examples of the blindness of covetousness
    2 min — Four Last Things, by St. Thomas More

• January 29, 2022

  • We ought to love the humiliations God sends us, since by it He will draw nearer to us
    1 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • The joy experienced by those freed from slavery to sin
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Diversity in Virtue by analogy of diversity in the Church and the Human Body
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• January 28, 2022

  • The liberty we gain by subduing the flesh to reason
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Humility cannot be in knowledge only, but must also be in the will
    1 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Examples of God’s variety in vocation, grace, nature
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• January 27, 2022

  • The diversity of gifts and grace comes from God
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Humility in Word vs Deed
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • A clear conscience and its effects helps free us from slavery to sin
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• January 26, 2022

  • The grace of God frees us from slavery to sin
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Devotions and virtues are only greater than each other within a subject, not objectively
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • An example of true humility in the life of St. Francis de Sales
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• January 25, 2022

  • There are many forms of devotion
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Jesus has freed us from the cruel tyranny of Satan
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Examples of St. Francis de Sales’ humility.
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• January 24, 2022

  • The state of those in Slavery to Sin
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Francis de Sales on being an organ donor
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Each person has their own spiritual needs
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• January 23, 2022

  • Timeless examples of hypocrisy in a great many Catholics
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Those who are self-content are in more spiritual danger than others
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The Fathers of the Church on those who thought Jesus was insane or possessed
    4 min — The Catena Aurea

  • The effects of slavery to Honors and Riches
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • How Modesty preserves the sweet perfume of our Virtues
    1 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• January 22, 2022

  • The effects of slavery to Lust
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Some hypocrisy comes from self-deception
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Purity is not Chastity
    1 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • On Humility and Chastity, and speaking of them
    4 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• January 21, 2022

  • We must avoid the near occasion of sin, especially chastity, when our duty before God allows it
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • God hates virtues and sacrifices not motivated by Love of God
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Examples of the Tyranny of Slavery to Sin
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• January 20, 2022

  • True and False Justice before God
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Prosperity vs Divine Providence
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • How degrading and yet common it is to hand our reason over to our instinct!
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• January 19, 2022

  • Virtues that are Less must sometimes yield to those that are Greater
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The True Liberty of the Just
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Francis de Sales on loving poverty in practice
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Slavery to Sin
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• January 18, 2022

  • We must prefer the virtues more pleasing to God than to men
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The Fathers of the Church on Jesus making arrangements for the Last Supper
    5 min — The Catena Aurea

  • St. Francis de Sales’ love for the poor
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Everyone hopes in something, but hope in anything but God will fail us
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• January 17, 2022

  • We need both the interior and exterior virtues
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Upon Poverty of Spirit
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • The Just can rely on God, but Egypt will fail the guilty
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• January 16, 2022

  • The Bible and Saints on Hope and the Confidence it brings
    5 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Francis de Sales explaining the superiority of poverty
    4 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • How to preserve Devotion, which will preserve the other Virtues
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • A clear conscience produces hope, which brings courage
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• January 15, 2022

  • The interior virtues serve God, and the exterior virtues serve the interior virtues
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Francis de Sales on poverty and presumption
    4 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Even the pagan philosophers understood the value of a good conscience, and the torment of a guilty one
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• January 14, 2022

  • The peace of a good conscience is already a taste of Heaven on earth
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Francis de Sales on how poverty is happier than riches
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Some distinctions between types of virtues
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• January 13, 2022

  • The Fathers of the Church on the healing of the leper
    10 min — The Catena Aurea

  • The Fathers and other ancient teachers on the torment of a guilty conscience
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Francis de Sales practicing poverty
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • How Mothers and Fathers should discharge their duties to God and to their family
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• January 12, 2022

  • When we obey our superiors, we obey God
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The Fathers of the Church on the healing of Simon Peter’s mother-in-law
    4 min — The Catena Aurea

  • The Fathers of the Church on Jesus healing many sick and possessed at the Sabbath’s sunset
    3 min — The Catena Aurea

  • The Book of Job describing the torments of an accusing conscience
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • How St. Francis de Sales obeyed superiors and encouraged others to do the same
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• January 11, 2022

  • The three degrees of Obedience
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The conscience is a torment to the wicked
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • How superiors can practice Obedience
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• January 10, 2022

  • St. Francis de Sales on Obedience
    4 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Some considerations to encourage us in our sufferings
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Conscience
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• January 9, 2022

  • To love to be hated, and to hate to be loved
    1 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • St. Francis de Sales on the small number of the Elect
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • God is generous even to those beginning in virtue, so why should we wait to begin?
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • All the suffering God allows us, is for our own good, and comes from his Love and Mercy
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• January 8, 2022

  • The sufferings of this life are not worthy of comparing to the Rewards of Eternal Life
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Francis de Sales on Justice and Mercy
    1 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • If sufferings are allowed by such a Good Father, why should we be afraid of it?
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • God helps and encourages beginners in virtue, by sparing them many sufferings, and giving them many joys
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• January 7, 2022

  • The Just enjoy the sweetest, loveliest joys especially during Prayer
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • How much St.Francis de Sales trusted in the goodness of God towards sinners
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Conforming ourselves to God’s will in all things, good or bad
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• January 6, 2022

  • The sweetness of God overwhelms the souls of the Just with Joy
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • If we prefer good deeds in secret, our souls will be safer and better rewarded by God
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • How St. Francis de Sales treated those in error before and after their conversion
    4 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• January 5, 2022

  • Those who call Almsgiving by the name “Charity” are very mistaken
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • The Joyful Consolations of the Holy Spirit toward the Just
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Obedience to Divine Inspirations
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• January 4, 2022

  • Those who love sin, live in thick darkness
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Francis de Sales giving advice on discerning marriage
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Obedience to God’s Counsels
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Everyone must submit to the teachings of the Catholic Church
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• January 3, 2022

  • The Wisdom of God explained and extolled in the Old Testament
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • How to love those we are in charge of
    4 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Basics of Prayer and Gratitude
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• January 2, 2022

  • The Light of God can instruct our Understanding differently and better than Nature or Schools can
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Purity of Intention
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • How St. Francis de Sales dealt with those in error
    5 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• January 1, 2022

  • Zeal for the Glory of God
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • How St. Francis de Sales interacted with unbelievers
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Grace enables us to know what we ought to do and not to do, and to act accordingly
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 31, 2021

  • We ought to help others out of sin, but with charity and prudence
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • The many wonderful Effects of Grace in the Soul
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Confidence in God
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 30, 2021

  • What Grace is and does
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The Fear of God
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • A short story about Forgiving our Enemies
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• December 29, 2021

  • Upon Loving our Enemies
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Those who Love Sin should be moved at least by Fear of God’s Providence being Armed Against Them
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Our duty to God, and how to generally fulfill it
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 28, 2021

  • If we sin, God will withdraw his Fatherly Protection and Care
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • How we can love our neighbor even though they’re not relatives
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Against speaking badly of others for any reason
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• December 27, 2021

  • Upon ridiculing one’s neighbour
    4 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Those who have God have everything
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Practical proofs of charity
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 26, 2021

  • Studying the various titles of God will comfort and encourage us
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Judging whether our neighbor has the habits of virtue or vice
    4 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • How much charity is praised and recommended in the New Testament Letters
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 25, 2021

  • Slander and Detraction
    5 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Man’s Duty to his Neighbor is Charity and Mercy
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • God is the Good Shepherd of the Just
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 24, 2021

  • Three Ways to Get More Prudence
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Francis de Sales on Judging Ourselves instead of Others
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Biblical descriptions of God’s Paternal Care for the Just
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 23, 2021

  • Prudence in Temporal Affairs
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • How and when we can judge others
    4 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • God’s Fatherly care for the Just looks past our sins, and reaches even to our descendants
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 22, 2021

  • St. Francis de Sales on not judging others
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Some Hows and Whys of Prudence
    6 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Proofs from the Bible of God’s Fatherly Care for the Just
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 21, 2021

  • The Government of the Imagination
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • God’s Fatherly Care for the Just is the greatest Privilege of Virtue
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Examples of how St. Francis de Sales handled fault-finding in others
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• December 20, 2021

  • The Reformation of the Will
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Francis de Sales on speaking the Truth
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • St. Francis de Sales on correcting others gently
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • A short story about spiritual riches vs worldly pleasures
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 19, 2021

  • The Mortification of the Passions
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Francis de Sales on bearing patiently with one another
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • How Jesus rewards virtue a hundred-fold even in this life
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 18, 2021

  • St. Francis de Sales on two different motives for love of others
    4 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • How to govern the Tongue
    5 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Even in this life, God rewards and provides for those who practice His Virtues
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 17, 2021

  • Why we should especially guard our eyes and ears
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Virtue is not practiced because people think it’s difficult, but don’t know its secret beauty and hidden value
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The emptiness of non-Christian Philosophy
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• December 16, 2021

  • St. Francis de Sales on the Love of God in relation to the Passion of Christ
    4 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • People continue to sin because they think there’s no punishment, and to avoid virtue thinking there’s no benefit
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Advice against other forms gluttony and intemperance
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 15, 2021

  • St. Francis de Sales on Love of God being greater than Faith and Hope
    6 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • St. Augustine’s conversion shows us that God’s grace is within everyone’s reach
    5 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Considerations against Temptations of Taste and Feeling
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Advice for drinking alcohol and against using drugs
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 14, 2021

  • The foolishness of continuing in sin, trusting in God’s mercy
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • How to increase or diminish our Love for God
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • General advice against Temperance
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 13, 2021

  • Reasons the Good Thief and Ninevites are not meant to encourage deferring our conversion
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Modesty preserves devotion and purity in the soul, and makes us fit for society; whereas immodesty ruins all these things
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Although there’s not much hope in death-bed repentances, there is Hope now while we still have time to turn to God and away from sin
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 12, 2021

  • Warnings from the Bible and Jesus against death-bed repentances
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Virtuous persons should have an outward bearing of gravity, humility, and sweetness
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The Fathers of the Church on Loving Jesus more than relatives, and Carrying our Cross and Following Him
    6 min — The Catena Aurea

  • St. Teresa of Avila explains how people don’t fully give themselves to God and yet expect to have Him fully
    5 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • St. Francis de Sales on the Law and the Just Man
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• December 11, 2021

  • The threefold obligation to virtue
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Francis de Sales on entrusting all our love to God
    1 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Four reasons given by Blessed Duns Scotus on the danger of deathbed conversions
    7 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 10, 2021

  • St. Teresa of Avila wishes out of true humility for her writings not to be published except her sins
    6 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Short remedies against sloth, covetousness, gluttony, talkativeness, and impurity
    5 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Four Fathers and Doctors of the Church on deathbed penances
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 9, 2021

  • St. Francis de Sales on the Fire of Love and of Charity
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • St. Augustine on deathbed conversions
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Short remedies against detraction, anger, arrogance, and imprudence
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 8, 2021

  • The Bible exhorts us to give God our service in our youth, not to wait until old age
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Short remedies against rebellion, disobedience, envy, and hatred
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 7, 2021

  • St. Teresa of Avila explains the importance of striving for humility and to serve God in gratitude of His gifts
    3 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Short remedies against pride, vain-glory, and hypocrisy
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • On the love of God’s goodness itself
    5 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • If we wait to turn to God until later, our sins will be even heavier
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • How gravely unjust it is to defer our conversion to God until some later time
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • A Short Story of the Disinterested Love of God
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• December 6, 2021

  • The foolishness of waiting until old age to quit sin
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila explains the mercy of God’s gifts and our true humility in admitting them
    6 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Short remedies against the 7 deadly sins during temptation
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 5, 2021

  • The dangers of Venial Sins
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila describes being drawn by God away from spiritual dangers
    3 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • St. Francis de Sales on love and freedom
    5 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Reasons against quitting our sins later instead of now
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 4, 2021

  • We must love God, not fear him
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Sunday Mass and Holy Days of Obligation
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila begins to read the Confessions of St. Augustine and grows closer to him and to God through it
    2 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Lazarus’s Resurrection shows the strength of God’s grace needed to save us from strong habits of sin
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • God’s love is behind everything bad that happens to us
    2 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• December 3, 2021

  • The many reasons why waiting to turn to God until later will be much harder
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila describes her simple methods of meditation
    4 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Some basics about making Rash Judgments
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Love of God should be the highest motive of all our works
    1 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• December 2, 2021

  • What Love of God and Love of Neighbor are
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • We should not wait to turn to God, since we can’t promise ourselves even one more moment of life
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The Fathers of the Church on Jesus bringing not Peace but the Sword
    8 min — The Catena Aurea

  • St. Teresa of Avila finally sees how much she wounds Jesus, and places all her confidence in Him and leaves none in herself
    2 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Speaking evil against virtuous souls, or against consecrated persons, is especially evil
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• December 1, 2021

  • The Fathers of the Church on the Five Divided in One House
    11 min — The Catena Aurea

  • The Fathers of the Church on living forever by Eating the Flesh and Drinking the Blood of Jesus Christ
    8 min — The Catena Aurea

  • St. Teresa of Avila wrestles with the shadow of death
    2 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • People who make excuses to continue in sin do so because they just want to sin
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Advice of St. Francis de Sales on how to love God better
    4 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

  • Advice against the sin of speaking evil of others
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 30, 2021

  • The Pearl of Great Price is more than worth seeking
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila alone begins to see, through persistence in prayer and spiritual reading, that she must withdraw her heart from the world
    2 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Many evil effects of speaking evil of others
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Love of God is the purpose and goal of Christian Perfection
    3 min — The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales

• November 29, 2021

  • The virtuous Christian soul does not fear death, but embraces it with joy
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila reassures us that it’s far better to pray, even when we really don’t want to
    6 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • How easy and common it is to seriously offend God when speaking of the faults of others
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 28, 2021

  • St. Teresa of Avila explains the benefit and nature of Prayer and how it comes from God’s mercy and love
    5 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Neither Riches, Honors, Pleasures, or Friends can help us at the Hour of Death; only Virtues will avail us then
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Against the sin of saying “I swear to God” and other such uses of God’s name in vain or falsely
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 27, 2021

  • St. Teresa of Avila begins to pray after many years of avoiding it
    4 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • St. Peter Damian describes the Hour of Death
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Have Courage on the Battle Field of Virtue vs Temptation
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 26, 2021

  • We must labor for our eternal reward
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila stresses the importance of befriending people who are also earnestly striving to be holy
    4 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Some reasons why the death of sinners is most terrible
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 25, 2021

  • St. Teresa of Avila recommends befriending those earnestly seeking God also
    4 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • God’s Curses on Sinful Nations, and Examples from the Bible and History
    7 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Examples of Diligence from Nature to encourage us to avoid Sloth and labor for Heaven
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 24, 2021

  • The Virtuous are always restful and have all their needs met to a healthy degree
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila struggles internally because refuses to let go of either love of the world or love of God
    2 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • As Jesus and the Saints were so diligent, we should also avoid Sloth
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 23, 2021

  • We must not do or say anything wrong when angry, but wait until the anger goes away
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila’s father dies
    5 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • God cares for the temporal needs of the Just
    5 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 22, 2021

  • Without virtue, tribulations overwhelm us and we act even more self-destructively
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa convinces her father to pray, though she does not pray herself
    6 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Anger and hatred are always self-defeating
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 21, 2021

  • Virtue strengthens and encourages us under all tribulations
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila ignores God’s strong desire that she quit a certain friendship, because she so much wanted to keep it
    5 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • If we do not forgive others, God will neither forgive us nor accept any sacrifice we make
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 20, 2021

  • St. Teresa of Avila strongly warns of the dangers of lax monasteries and cloisters
    5 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Examples from the Bible of how God protects the Just in the hour of trial
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Anger is not found even among the animals, yet is fitting only for a wild beast
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 19, 2021

  • St. Teresa of Avila begins to fall through false humility
    4 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • God consoles us in the hour of affliction
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Further considerations to remedy Gluttony
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 18, 2021

  • St. Teresa of Avila’s many sad experiences convinces her to humbly remain very close to God always, lest she fall into sin again
    3 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Of supporting injuries; and who is proved to be truly patient.
    1 min — Imitation of Christ

  • How God hears the prayers of the Just and Virtuous
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Considerations to cure our Gluttony
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 17, 2021

  • The immeasurable promises of Jesus to the Just
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila lacks resignation to God, and takes St. Joseph as her patron
    6 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Gluttony attempts to conquer us from within, and Jesus gave us an example of conquering it
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 16, 2021

  • St. Teresa of Avila strives earnestly to correct the path of her soul, but has no good confessors to help her avoid sin
    2 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • In our misery, we have recourse only to God, as the Prophets, Apostles, and Jesus teach us
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Considerations to cure our Envy
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 15, 2021

  • The sin of Adam and Eve left all humanity in deep misery
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila avoids the sin of detraction and encourages others to do the same
    2 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Envy makes us resemble demons, and actually profits us nothing
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 14, 2021

  • The peace of the virtuous in contrast with the torment and anxiety of the wicked
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The general nature and history of Envy
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Peace comes from our virtue, mastery over our desires, the gift of spiritual consolations, and confidence in God’s loving protection
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 13, 2021

  • Three kinds of peace that arise from Virtue
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Those who run after the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, never know peace in this life
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The prodigal son as an illustration of the tormenting anxieties of those without virtue
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The gratifications of this life can never satisfy our hearts, but only increase our hunger
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila increases her resignation to God’s will through intense suffering and a long paralysis
    3 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

• November 12, 2021

  • To protect ourselves from Lust, we must guard our hearts, eyes, ears, and tongue from Lustful objects
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • To guard against Lust, remember your Guardian Angel, the Devil, your final Judgment, and Hell
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • To guard against Lust, absolutely avoid unnecessary familiarities
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila nearly falls into Hell during a dangerous illness
    4 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • A story from St. Gregory’s Dialogues to encourage us to guard against Lust
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 11, 2021

  • We must strive to maintain or at least restore our purity by resisting Lust
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Some of the many evil effects of Lust
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Lust is insatiable, and its punishment far outweighs its pleasure
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Lust is a most fierce enemy, that stains our souls, defiles our bodies, and ruins our neighbor
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Lust destroys the purity of the soul which renders us as beautiful as the Angels
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Lust catches souls easily and they only escape rarely and with great difficulty
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 10, 2021

  • St. Teresa of Avila suffers immensely from an illness and lets it conform her will to God’s
    3 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

• November 9, 2021

  • Theft also consists in unjustly keeping someone else’s things from them
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Not riches themselves, but our disposition to riches, is what profits or harms our souls
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Counsels against various types of covetousness
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 8, 2021

  • Whatever riches God has given us are meant to help others, and we will give account for it all
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 7, 2021

  • Worldly riches are far worse than spiritual riches, and they cannot both dwell in one heart
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • We must part from our riches at death, so we might as well use them for our spiritual profit in this life
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila and a Priest who both needed prudence and purity
    6 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Riches cannot satisfy our hearts, and God will never fail our needs
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 6, 2021

  • St. Teresa of Avila’s harmful experiences with imprudent and unknowledgeable confessors
    2 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Against Covetousness in General
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 5, 2021

  • The happiest part of a good death is that the danger of losing God through sin is gone
    2 min — Preparation for Death

  • St. Teresa of Avila prays for patience in illness and receives both
    2 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • General considerations to cure pride and obtain humility
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 4, 2021

  • St. Teresa of Avila’s interior life during her novitiate
    2 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Humility comes from knowledge of ourselves, pride from ignorance of ourselves
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Considerations to cure a pride that considers ourselves better than others
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• November 3, 2021

  • St. Ignatius of Loyola begins to read holy books, which for the first time gives him true peace
    3 min — The Autobiography of St. Ignatius of Loyola

  • Pride makes us displeasing to everyone: the good, the bad, and even ourselves
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Our good works are no cause for pride, since they are rarely perfect and pure
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • How God rewarded St. Teresa of Avila’s holy reading and good desires in the beginning of her devout life
    2 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

• November 2, 2021

  • The danger of vainglory, and considerations to remedy it
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The danger of ambition, and considerations to remedy it
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila’s experience as a beginner in mental prayer, and how good books helped her through it
    3 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

• November 1, 2021

  • St. Teresa of Avila begins, at 23 years old, to learn and profit from mental prayer
    2 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Considerations of the birth, life, and death of man, to combat Pride
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• October 31, 2021

  • We must understand the true nature of virtue and sin if we would practice virtue and avoid sin
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • That Pride is the chief sin, and reflections on what it has done to Lucifer and his army
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Summary of the 7 Deadly Sins and their sources
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila’s illness leads her to a Book on Prayer and Recollection
    3 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

• October 30, 2021

  • We must keep our eyes on eternal bliss, and not forsake it for anything at all
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • We must cling closely to God through our Protestation, which will protect us from the world, the devil, and the flesh
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • The aim of our prayers and devotions must be an absolute resolution never to sin
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• October 29, 2021

  • Victory begins by maintaining a firm resolution never to commit mortal sin
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The exercises in this book are suitable even for those not accustomed to prayer
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • The advice in this book are not too numerous in practice
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • St. Teresa of Avila admits how little she deserves God’s mercy and grace for having so long wasted them
    3 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Examples from the Bible and Saints who refused to commit mortal sin
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Annual Retreat Exercise #15: The sentiments we must preserve after the conclusion
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• October 28, 2021

  • To abandon sin is of the utmost importance, and the flesh, the world and the devil will wage war against those who attempt it
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila is filled with an everlasting joy the moment she becomes a nun
    4 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • If we firmly resolve to abandon sin, the Angels, the Saints, and God Himself will be our defense
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Annual Retreat Exercise #14: Conclusion of these exercises
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Annual Retreat Exercise #13: General affections on the preceding considerations
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• October 27, 2021

  • We ought to be persuaded by obligation, benefits, interest, and pursuit of happiness, to seek after God
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Virtue will obtain for us God as our reward, and every good thing with him
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila’s various struggles in her resolve to become a nun
    2 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • St. Teresa of Avila begins to see the vanity of the world, and to resolve to be a nun
    3 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Annual Retreat Exercise #12: Consideration of the eternal love of God towards us
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• October 26, 2021

  • Virtue contains all the good we can desire in this world, and more perfectly
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila’s lost devotion begins to return during her stay in the monastery
    3 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Annual Retreat Exercise #11: Consideration of the love that Jesus Christ bears us
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• October 25, 2021

  • The happiness this life promises is vanity and lies
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila recounting being sent to a monastery at about age 16
    5 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Annual Retreat Exercise #10: Consideration of the example of the Saints
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • An example of the emptiness of the happiness of this world from King Solomon
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• October 24, 2021

  • True happiness is not found in corporal or sensible pleasures
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila’s advice to parents about their children’s companions from her own childhood experiences
    5 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Annual Retreat Exercise #9: Consideration of the excellence of virtue
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• October 23, 2021

  • St. Teresa of Avila cautions parents about bad books and dressing up
    2 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Reasons man’s happiness can only be found in God
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Annual Retreat Exercise #8: Consideration of the excellence of our soul
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• October 22, 2021

  • The sorrows of this life far outweigh its joys
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The humility of St. Teresa of Avila in retrospect to her childhood
    2 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • The happiness of this world is false, and it resembles Hell
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Annual Retreat Exercise #7: Affections to be exercised after this examination
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• October 21, 2021

  • The happiness of this world is delusive and treacherous
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Further reasons worldly happiness should not be trusted
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Annual Retreat Exercise #6:An examination of the affections of your soul
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Annual Retreat Exercise #5: An examination of the state of our soul towards our neighbour
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • A portrait of the hearts of St. Teresa of Avila and her brother as children
    3 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

• October 20, 2021

  • Who can love a world that has the devil as its governor?
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • St. Teresa of Avila’s purpose for writing her autobiography
    2 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • St. Teresa of Avila’s brief portrait of her holy parents
    2 min — Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by Herself

  • Annual Retreat Exercise #4: An examination of our state with regard to ourselves
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• October 19, 2021

  • The happiness of this life is ruined by universal injustice and madness
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The happiness of this life is full of snares and miseries caused by the darkness and blindness of the world
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Annual Retreat Exercise #3: An examination of the state of your soul towards God
    4 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• October 18, 2021

  • The happiness of this life is ruined even by our own passions
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Annual Retreat Exercise #2: How to begin the self-examination of the annual spiritual exercises
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Annual Retreat Exercise #2: How and when to do the second part of the annual spiritual exercises
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• October 17, 2021

  • The happiness of this life is subject to innumerable sudden changes
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The happiness of this life is brief
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The effects of the grace of Baptism on St. Cyprian, in his own words
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Six drawbacks of the illusory happiness found in this life
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • God’s Justice often punishes sin even in this life
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Examples of changes in a soul by the grace of God
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Annual Retreat Exercise #1: The effects of God’s grace in our souls should make us more grateful and loving of God
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• October 16, 2021

  • The grace of God makes the yoke of virtue easy, light, and pleasant
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Annual Retreat Exercise #1: God in his goodness and sweet love called us to repentance
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Annual Retreat Exercise #1: God in his generous mercy called us to him before it was too late
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• October 15, 2021

  • How the path of virtue is much easier than that of sin
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Annual Retreat Exercise #1: How all Heaven rejoices at our renewed pledge to God
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• October 14, 2021

  • The hardship of Virtue is less than the suffering of Hell, or the efforts of the Saints
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Souls are often purged painfully from false peace, to turn them towards true peace
    5 min — The Dark Night of the Soul

  • Annual Retreat Exercise #1: This protestation is noble and much to be desired
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• October 13, 2021

  • Love of God makes virtue and self-sacrifice easy and pleasant
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Annual Retreat: We ought every year to renew our good resolutions by the following exercises
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• October 12, 2021

  • We must purify ourselves from our natural imperfections
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • The number of our sins should not discourage us, for God can and will help us if only we are willing
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• October 11, 2021

  • We ought to purify ourselves from an affection for useless and dangerous things
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Spiritual Recollection
    5 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Our sinful nature should not discourage us, since God has promised to help us
    5 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• October 10, 2021

  • We must purify ourselves from all affection to venial sins
    5 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • The Grace of God Encourages and Strengthens us to Practice Virtue
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The Evening Exercise and Examination of Conscience
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• October 9, 2021

  • We are inclined against Virtue because of the Fall of Man
    2 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • The Morning Exercise
    4 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • The Effects of this Profession of Renewed Loyalty toward God
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • The dryness which we sometimes experience in Meditation
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• October 8, 2021

  • St. Thomas More foretelling the downfall of English Christendom
    2 min — Life and Writings of Sir Thomas More

  • Profitable advice on the practice of Meditation
    5 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • If we presume upon God’s Mercy without sight of His Justice, we may be lost to Hell
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • A method of Prayer grounded on the intercession of our Blessed Lady
    3 min — The Spiritual Combat

  • A profession of renewed loyalty toward God, to be made after a General Confession
    4 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• October 7, 2021

  • The Conclusion of each Meditation, and the Spiritual Nosegay
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Of Those who Continue in Sin trusting in God’s Mercy
    4 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • God’s Justice allows sinners to fall into deeper and deeper blindness and destruction
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Examples of God’s Horrifying Justice in the Fall of Man
    3 min — The Sinner’s Guide

  • Enemies of Truth are often more Diligent to win over Hearts and Minds than Those on the Side of Truth
    4 min — Life and Writings of Sir Thomas More

  • Confession turns the Ugliness of Sin into the Beauty of Humility
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • An Example of Meditating on Christ’s Passion
    2 min — The Spiritual Combat

  • An Example of God’s Terrifying Justice in the Fall of the Angels
    1 min — The Sinner’s Guide

• October 6, 2021

  • Tenth Meditation: Choice between the life of the World and the Devout Life
    4 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Affections and Resolutions: the third part of the Meditation
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• October 5, 2021

  • Ninth Meditation: On the choice of Heaven
    4 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Mary was Queen of Martyrs
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

• October 4, 2021

  • On Considerations: the second part of the Meditation
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Eighth Meditation: On Heaven
    4 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• October 2, 2021

  • Seventh Meditation: On Hell
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Good Friday Meditation: Jesus saved us in His Great Love for us
    3 min — Meditations and Devotions, by St. John Henry Newman

  • How to Consider the Mystery of a Meditation
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• October 1, 2021

  • Sixth Meditation: On Judgment
    4 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • How to Beseech God’s Inspirations during Meditation
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• September 30, 2021

  • How to Place Ourselves in the Presence of God
    5 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Fifth Meditation: On Death
    4 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• September 29, 2021

  • Third Meditation: On the Benefits of God
    4 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • General Instructions on Prayer
    4 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Fourth Meditation: On Sin
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• September 27, 2021

  • Second Meditation: On the end for which we were created
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • On prayer, and meditation on the Life and Passion of Jesus
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • First Meditation: The Creation
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• September 26, 2021

  • How to purify ourselves from love of sin
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• September 24, 2021

  • We must purify our hearts from love of sin
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• September 23, 2021

  • The How and Why of General Confessions
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• September 22, 2021

  • We must begin the Spiritual Life with Purification and Courage
    4 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• September 21, 2021

  • Let us rejoice that we have Mary as our Queen
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

  • How to well choose and to entrust yourself to a Spiritual Director
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • God is everywhere and sees everything, being the comfort of the just, and terror of the wicked
    3 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

• September 20, 2021

  • The necessity of a Guide to conduct us on the way of Devotion
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• September 19, 2021

  • Patiently enduring Crosses while praying God remove them
    5 min — Wisdom and Wit of Blessed Thomas More

  • Examples of the Devotion of Saints in various States of Life
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• September 18, 2021

  • True devotion is never incompatible with our state of life, but enriches it
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • St. Thomas More predicting the destruction of society when it rejects truth and morals
    2 min — Life and Writings of Sir Thomas More

• September 17, 2021

  • The Writings of some Saints on the Heavenly Glory of Mary
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

  • The trap of falsely pious desires, and how to avoid it
    4 min — The Spiritual Combat

  • St. Joseph was a far more perfect father to Jesus than natural fathers are
    3 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • Devotion should be practiced differently in each vocation
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• September 16, 2021

  • The Glory of Mary surpasses the Glory of all the other Saints combined
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

  • The error of thinking we are saintly, and how to avoid it
    3 min — The Spiritual Combat

  • Devotion is not only not unpleasant, but most pleasant
    4 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• September 15, 2021

  • The religious fervor of young St. Thomas More
    2 min — Wisdom and Wit of Blessed Thomas More

  • The relationship between Charity and Devotion
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • St. Thomas More on his being imprisoned
    2 min — Life of Sir Thomas More

• September 14, 2021

  • We must distinguish True from False Devotion
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• September 13, 2021

  • This Book Written that Both He and We May Become Devout
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • St. Thomas More on writing trew Englyshe
    4 min — Life and Writings of Sir Thomas More

  • Mary’s glory is not dimmed by sin or lacking in potential merit
    3 min — The Glories of Mary

• September 11, 2021

  • This Book is Written with Fatherly Love and Attention
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• September 10, 2021

  • The Structure and Purpose of This Book
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • The middle of this maze of Business is Hell and many fall into it suddenly and unexpectedly
    2 min — A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation

  • The last letter of St. Thomas More to his daughter the day before his martyrdom
    3 min — Life of Sir Thomas More

  • Resolutions and Prayers of Conformity to the Will of God
    2 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • Mary was raised incomparably higher than all angels and saints
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

• September 9, 2021

  • The Origin of This Book
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • The death of St. Thomas More
    6 min — Life of Sir Thomas More

  • Mary is Crowned by the the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as Queen of Heaven and Earth
    1 min — The Glories of Mary

• September 8, 2021

  • The Devout Life is for Everyone, Without Exception
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Since the Fathers of the Church admitted the Pope’s Supremacy, so can we, despite insults
    1 min — Life and Writings of Sir Thomas More

  • How the Gospel’s Saints and her Most Chaste Spouse St. Joseph greeted Mary at her Glorious Entrance into Heaven
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Evolutions in languages can give a false sense of differentness in writers of previous ages
    2 min — Life and Writings of Sir Thomas More

• September 7, 2021

  • “Unknown Forces” to explain the Supernatural
    14 min — Lourdes, A History of Its Apparitions and Cures

  • This Book presents Catholic Teachings simply Rearranged as a Bouquet
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • How the Saints, Prophets, and Patriarchs greeted Mary at her Glorious Entrance into Heaven
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

• September 5, 2021

  • St. Thomas More’s farewell to his daughter after sentencing
    3 min — Life of Sir Thomas More

  • A Word to Virgins.
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• September 4, 2021

  • St. Thomas More forgives and prays for his persecutors
    2 min — Life of Sir Thomas More

  • How True Widows must Live in Devotion
    5 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• September 3, 2021

  • We must be Realistic, Selfless, and Courageous in the Pursuit of Virtue
    2 min — The Spiritual Combat

  • The True Widow must Give Herself Entirely to God
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • The Glorious Entry of Mary into Heaven Accompanied by Angels
    4 min — The Glories of Mary

  • St. Joseph Sought and Did Only the Will of God
    3 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

• September 2, 2021

  • Widows must be Firm in their Resolve to Remain Widows
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • We must trust both in God’s goodness and our weakness
    1 min — The Spiritual Combat

  • St. Thomas More’s thorough refutation of the Act of Supremacy
    4 min — Life of Sir Thomas More

  • Not only the Glorious Angels but also The Lord of Glory Himself came to glorify Mary’s Glorious Entrance into Heaven
    3 min — The Glories of Mary

  • How the Devil distracts in Darkness with Business of the Flesh
    3 min — A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation

• September 1, 2021

  • The final accusation, defense, and condemnation of St. Thomas More
    7 min — Life of Sir Thomas More

  • The devil often tempts us to defer our repentance to the unforeseen future
    2 min — The Spiritual Combat

  • Practicing Voluntary Obedience
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Mary’s Assumption is a cause for Joy and Celebration
    1 min — The Glories of Mary

• August 31, 2021

  • The accusing conversation of St. Thomas More by Richard Rich
    3 min — Life of Sir Thomas More

  • Practicing Necessary Obedience
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• August 30, 2021

  • The Holy Spirit brings us Understanding
    1 min — Fountain of Living Water

  • The first Martyrs of anglican persecution tried and sentenced
    4 min — Lives of the English Martyrs

  • The divine communion of Joseph and the Infant Jesus
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • The bottomless pit of sin, and the way out
    2 min — The Spiritual Combat

  • St. Thomas More and his wife debating the necessity of his imprisonment
    2 min — Life of Sir Thomas More

  • Some of the devil’s strategies
    1 min — The Spiritual Combat

  • Prayer to the Blessed Virgin from her Assumption
    1 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Obedience, Chastity, and Poverty
    1 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • God protects those near him like a loving mother hen
    3 min — A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation

• August 29, 2021

  • Grace makes our souls acceptable and beautiful to God
    1 min — Fountain of Living Water

• August 28, 2021

  • The death of St. Stanislas Kostka
    5 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Prayers and Resolutions to “Go to Joseph”
    2 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • What to do after having fallen into sin
    4 min — The Spiritual Combat

  • Biblical comfort during strong temptations
    4 min — A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation

• August 27, 2021

  • We must treat of our affairs with diligence, but without eagerness or solicitude.
    5 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • The precious death of the Blessed Virgin Mary
    4 min — The Glories of Mary

  • St. Joseph is given to us as a new Joseph over all God’s house
    4 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

• August 26, 2021

  • The days leading up to Mary’s death
    9 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Prayers for St. Joseph’s patronage
    3 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • Meekness Towards Ourselves
    5 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• August 25, 2021

  • St. Joseph ardently desires our Salvation
    3 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • Meekness Towards our Neighbor, and Remedies for Anger
    8 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Mary’s death merely united her body with her heart
    4 min — The Glories of Mary

• August 24, 2021

  • Prayers and Resolutions to obtain Confident Prayers
    3 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • Mary died happily with full assurance of hope
    4 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Humility and our Reputation or Good Name
    8 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• August 23, 2021

  • The Holy Spirit acting in the Old Testament
    2 min — Parochial and Plain Sermons, in 8 volumes

  • Mary died with complete peace of conscience
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

  • How to be heard in our prayers
    4 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • Examples and explanations of practicing humility
    8 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• August 21, 2021

  • The Fathers of the Church on the Spring of Living Water
    11 min — The Catena Aurea

  • Prayers and resolutions to obtain the grace of Prayer
    2 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • Mary died entirely detached from the world
    3 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Humility allows charity to reveal our gifts
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• August 20, 2021

  • True devotion does not reject God’s gifts and graces
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • The Power and Promises of Prayer
    5 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • The Blessed Virgin died to imitate Our Lord Jesus
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

• August 19, 2021

  • Resolutions and Prayers for Prayer
    2 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • Prayer to the Blessed Virgin who offered her own Son
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Avoiding False Humility, with Examples
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• August 18, 2021

  • Prayer is necessary for our salvation
    3 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • Obtaining Humility by Considering God’s Benefits
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • How Christ guides and inspires the Saints
    2 min — The Lives of the Saints of Egypt and Principal European Saints

  • Hopeless evildoer saved by the Blessed Virgin’s intercession
    4 min — The Glories of Mary

• August 17, 2021

  • What the Spiritual Life really is and consists of
    3 min — The Spiritual Combat

  • Prayers and Resolutions for Purity and Chastity
    3 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • Mary’s sacrifice co-redeemed us with Jesus
    6 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Being careful but not anxious for our own honor
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• August 16, 2021

  • St. Joseph the Chaste
    4 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • Mary surpassed the Martyrs in offering Jesus
    6 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Examples and Folly of Vanity
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Examples and Effects of False Devotion
    3 min — The Spiritual Combat

• August 15, 2021

  • The Holy Spirit mysteriously penetrates all things
    2 min — Parochial and Plain Sermons, in 8 volumes

  • St. Joseph, a Just man
    2 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • Mary offered up both her own Son and her own Heart
    8 min — The Glories of Mary

  • How to practice Patience amidst various problems
    5 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Differences between false and true devotion
    3 min — The Spiritual Combat

• August 14, 2021

  • St. Joseph, the Guardian and Protector of the Blessed Virgin
    3 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • Mary uniquely offered up Jesus in the Presentation
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Enduring with Patience everything that befalls us
    4 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• August 13, 2021

  • The Lady’s Mansion in the Woods
    3 min — The Glories of Mary

  • St. Joseph’s love of silence and silence of love
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • Gifts of God are not virtues, nor to be aspired to
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• August 12, 2021

  • Using prudence when discerning virtues to practice
    4 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Mary always obtains what is asked of her
    13 min — The Glories of Mary

• August 11, 2021

  • How to practice a variety of virtues
    10 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• August 10, 2021

  • Resolutions and Prayers to St. Joseph through his espousal to the Blessed Virgin Mary
    2 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • He who desires graces must have recourse to Mary
    8 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Further instructions on spiritual dryness
    8 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• August 9, 2021

  • We must keep peace of soul admist spiritual battles
    6 min — The Spiritual Combat

  • The Visitation of Mary is a source of blessings
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

  • The Most Chaste Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
    4 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • How to properly handle spiritual drynesses
    7 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• August 8, 2021

  • We must accept opportunities to practice virtues
    2 min — The Spiritual Combat

  • Spiritual dryness, and its various causes
    4 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • How Indulgences Work
    5 min — Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism

• August 7, 2021

  • The old man and the new man
    3 min — Treatise on the Love of God

  • Prayer of St. Alphonsus for the Protection of the Blessed Virgin
    2 min — Manual of Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament

  • How to properly respond to heavenly consolations
    4 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • An example of St. Ignatius’s early struggles with discernment
    2 min — The Autobiography of St. Ignatius of Loyola

• July 30, 2021

  • The Divine Resemblance between Jesus and Joseph
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • Prayer of St. Alphonsus for Obtaining the Love of Jesus and Mary
    2 min — Manual of Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament

  • Discerning true from false consolations
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• July 29, 2021

  • The Holy Family at Nazareth are a Paradise on Earth
    3 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • Prayer of St. Alphonsus for Obtaining Paradise
    2 min — Manual of Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament

  • Heavenly consolations sometimes draw us to God
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• July 28, 2021

  • True devotion must penetrate the heart
    4 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Prayers and Resolutions to St. Joseph
    2 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • Prayer of St. Alphonsus for Preservation from Hell
    2 min — Manual of Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament

• July 27, 2021

  • St. Joseph likely raised body and soul
    3 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • Prayer of St. Alphonsus for a Good Death
    2 min — Manual of Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament

  • Our holy anchor in all things
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• July 26, 2021

  • St. Joseph’s holy and blessed death
    7 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • Prayer of St. Alphonsus for Pardon of Sins
    1 min — Manual of Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament

  • Of sadness
    5 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• July 25, 2021

  • When St. Joseph most probably died
    5 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • Prayer of St. Alphonsus for Pardon of Sins
    2 min — Manual of Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament

  • Of ungodly fear of evil
    6 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Letter of admonition by St. Alphonsus de Liguori
    25 min — The Ascetical Works, Vol 18 - Letters

  • Elaborated “Hail Mary” by St. Alphonsus de Liguori
    3 min — The Glories of Mary

• July 24, 2021

  • How to fortify our hearts against temptations
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • How Mary protects those souls devoted to her
    3 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Contemplating the Holy Family’s hidden life
    2 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

• July 23, 2021

  • God could not have exalted Mary more
    12 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Finding the boy Jesus in the temple
    5 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • Dealing with small temptations
    5 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• July 22, 2021

  • Remedies against temptations
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Mary could not have humbled herself more
    16 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Joseph’s Supernatural Wisdom
    4 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• July 21, 2021

  • How St. Francis de Sales dealt with heretics
    12 min — The Life of St. Francis de Sales

• July 20, 2021

  • The Seven Bloodsheddings of Christ
    2 min — The Precious Blood

  • Necessity of Prayer in order to save our Souls
    8 min — The Ascetical Works, Vol 25 - Preaching

  • The Church Fathers on Hating our Relatives
    7 min — The Catena Aurea

  • How temptations begin to become sinful
    5 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• July 19, 2021

  • The exalted dignity of St. Joseph
    14 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • The Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River
    4 min — Life of Christ, by Fr. Cochem

  • St. Agnes spared tortures by her angel
    7 min — Life of St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr

  • Encouragement to souls under temptation
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Defense of title “Theotocos” or “Mother of God”
    7 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

• July 18, 2021

  • The nature and discernment of temptations
    10 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • St. Aloysius’s virtues at school
    11 min — Life of St. Aloysius Gonzaga

  • Mary’s consecration was entire and without reserve
    10 min — The Glories of Mary

  • How Jesus and Mary reward the love of them
    6 min — The Glories of Mary

• July 17, 2021

  • Mary’s consecration was prompt and without delay
    9 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Joseph’s Singular Faith
    9 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • Have courage when abandoning follies and vanities
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Aspiring to deep friendship with God
    11 min — Minor Works of St. Teresa of Avila

• July 16, 2021

  • Joseph’s Interior Life of Prayer and Contemplation (part 2)
    7 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• July 7, 2021

  • Joseph’s Interior Life of Prayer and Contemplation
    11 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • God wills to work through Mary
    6 min — The Secret of Sanctity Revealed

  • Don’t mind what the children of the world say
    6 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• July 6, 2021

  • The hiddenness of St. Joseph
    3 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • Marian Devotion - Fasting
    4 min — The Glories of Mary

  • How to practice Richness of Spirit in real Poverty
    4 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Be watchful of praises
    3 min — Minor Works of St. Teresa of Avila

  • A Saint’s Love of his Enemies
    6 min — Mystical Explanation of the Canticle of Canticles, and Canonization Deposition of St. Francis de Sales

• July 5, 2021

  • The School of the Holy Family
    7 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • Regulating all our desires
    5 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Marian Devotion - The Rosary and Office
    5 min — The Glories of Mary

  • How to practice Poverty amidst Riches
    9 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Childhood stories of St. Rose of Lima
    14 min — St. Rose of Lima, the Flower of the New World

• July 4, 2021

  • The Church Fathers on John 7:44-50
    10 min — The Catena Aurea

  • St. Joseph, sharer of the Father’s Authority
    7 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • Poverty of Spirit to be observed by the Rich
    6 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Our Continual Dying, according to St. Thomas More
    5 min — Four Last Things, by St. Thomas More

  • Marian Devotion - Novenas
    5 min — The Glories of Mary

  • How to keep your mind just and reasonable
    5 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• July 3, 2021

  • The dignity of St. Joseph
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • Encouragements to love Jesus in Holy Communion
    9 min — Blessed Sacrament Book

  • The devotion of St. Francis de Sales to Mary
    3 min — Mystical Explanation of the Canticle of Canticles, and Canonization Deposition of St. Francis de Sales

  • Being faithful in things great and small
    6 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• July 2, 2021

  • St. Paschal Baylon and the Eucharist
    2 min — Blessed Sacrament Book

  • St. Joseph, the God of God
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • Marian Devotion - the Hail Mary
    6 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Lawful but dangerous Pastimes
    7 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • How to receive Holy Communion well
    5 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• July 1, 2021

  • The authority of St. Joseph
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • Prohibited Games
    2 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Practicing Devotion to the Divine Mother
    4 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Frequent Communion
    6 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• June 30, 2021

  • St. Joseph, Patron of a Happy Death
    10 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • How to make a good Confession
    7 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Mary and the love of Prayer and Solitude
    5 min — The Glories of Mary

  • Lawful and Commendable Pastimes and Recreations
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• June 29, 2021

  • St. Joseph, a Saint for our age
    4 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • Other counsels touching Discourse
    4 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Mary and the Martyrdom of Patience
    6 min — The Glories of Mary

• June 28, 2021

  • Of the Obedience of Mary
    7 min — The Glories of Mary

  • St. Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church
    4 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • Of detraction
    11 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• June 27, 2021

  • Of the Poverty of Mary
    6 min — The Glories of Mary

  • The beginnings of the Sacred Heart devotion
    6 min — The Sacred Heart, Anecdotes and Examples to Assist in Devotion

  • Rash judgments
    11 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • How we ought to receive Inspirations
    5 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

  • An Act of Consecration to St. Joseph
    2 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

• June 26, 2021

  • Precursor Saints of the Sacred Heart
    4 min — The Sacred Heart, Anecdotes and Examples to Assist in Devotion

  • How we should do Holy Reading
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• June 25, 2021

  • Twelve promises of the Sacred Heart
    3 min — The Sacred Heart, Anecdotes and Examples to Assist in Devotion

  • Three visions, two crowns, and a holy death
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

  • The Glory of St. Joseph’s Resurrected Body
    6 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • Bandit rewarded by Mary for honoring her
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

• June 24, 2021

  • Devotions, Angels, and Saints
    5 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• June 23, 2021

  • Modesty in words, and respect towards others
    4 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• June 22, 2021

  • How we are to govern the tongue
    4 min — The Spiritual Combat

• June 21, 2021

  • God entrusted the Blessed Virgin to one man
    3 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

  • God entrusted His own Divine Son to one man
    5 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

• June 20, 2021

  • How to benefit from the Holy Mass
    5 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• June 19, 2021

  • St. Francis de Sales calmly enforces authority
    10 min — The Life of St. Francis de Sales

  • Aspirations, prayers, and good thoughts.
    11 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• June 18, 2021

  • The greatness and littleness of human life
    23 min — Parochial and Plain Sermons, in 8 volumes

• June 17, 2021

  • Mary wanted Joseph resurrected with her
    2 min — The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

• June 16, 2021

  • How we must speak of God
    3 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• June 15, 2021

  • Conversation and Solitude
    6 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• June 14, 2021

  • The Exercise of Exterior Mortification
    13 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• June 13, 2021

  • Instructions for Married People
    16 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• June 12, 2021

  • The unfolding of the Incarnation and Mary’s role
    2 min — St. John Henry Newman’s Letter to Dr. Pusey in reply to his Eirenicon

• June 11, 2021

  • Seven stories of being saved by the Rosary
    3 min — The Glories of Mary

• June 10, 2021

  • Priest spared death through love of Mary
    3 min — The Glories of Mary

• June 8, 2021

  • Of the Chastity of Mary
    10 min — The Glories of Mary

• June 7, 2021

  • The Perpetual Virginity of St. Joseph
    4 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

• June 6, 2021

  • Preparation for Holy Communion
    9 min — The Bread of Life, St Thomas Aquinas on the Adorable Sacrament of the Altar

• June 5, 2021

  • Fear nothing when God is with you
    3 min — Letters to Persons in the World

• June 4, 2021

  • Acquitted murder by miracle of Mary
    1 min — The Glories of Mary

• June 3, 2021

  • How to preserve Chastity
    5 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• June 2, 2021

  • The Necessity of Chastity
    4 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• June 1, 2021

  • The Purity of St. Joseph
    12 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

• May 31, 2021

  • St. Joseph was Confirmed in Grace
    4 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

• May 30, 2021

  • More advice on friendship
    5 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• May 29, 2021

  • Remedies against evil friendships
    7 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• May 28, 2021

  • True vs vain friendships
    5 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• May 27, 2021

  • Concerning true friendship
    6 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• May 26, 2021

  • Concerning sensual friendships
    8 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• May 25, 2021

  • Concerning evil and frivolous friendships
    4 min — Introduction to the Devout Life

• May 24, 2021

  • Spared Hell by Hail Marys
    1 min — The Glories of Mary

• May 22, 2021

  • Monster converted by Rosary
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

• May 21, 2021

  • Catherine the beautiful, and the Rosary
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

• May 20, 2021

  • Sayings of Holy Men about St. Joseph
    18 min — Saint Joseph of Jesus and Mary

• May 19, 2021

  • The Method of Prayer
    6 min — Meditations for Layfolk

• May 18, 2021

  • Sayings of Saints about St. Joseph
    8 min — Saint Joseph of Jesus and Mary

• May 15, 2021

  • St. Joseph, Protector of Christ
    3 min — St. Joseph’s Life, Virtues, Privileges, Power

• May 13, 2021

  • The Rosary and the reformed abbey
    2 min — The Glories of Mary

• May 12, 2021

  • Mary and the demons
    1 min — The Glories of Mary