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by bcadmin | Nov 23, 2022 | Book Review, fear, Featured, Gifts of the Holy Spirit, News, Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Sophia Excerpts | 0 |
The recently republished The Seven Steps to Sanctification, How to Awaken the Gifts of the Holy Spirit within You outlines the Gifts of the Holy Spirit and the “Divine Will in Christ’s priestly prayer: “Sanctify them in truth” (John 17:17).” Written by two priests, Walter Farrell, O.P., and Dominic Hughes, O.P. the chapters take readers […]
by bcadmin | Nov 23, 2022 | Best of Week, Featured, News, Prayer, Sophia Excerpts | 0 |
Prayer is the lifting up of our minds and hearts to God, to praise His goodness, to thank Him for His kindness, to acknowledge our sins and plead for pardon, to ask His aid for our salvation, and to give glory to Him. Note the words mind and heart. Not every thought of God is […]
by bcadmin | Nov 10, 2022 | Advent, Catholic family, Christmas, Featured, Jesse tree, News, raising children, Sophia Excerpts, tradition | 0 |
The Gospel of Matthew begins with the well-known description of the genealogy of Jesus Christ. St. Matthew emphasized to his largely Jewish audience the real and deep connection of Jesus with the Hebrew people, showing that He was indeed the son of David. This connection became important not only for Jewish readers, but for all […]
by bcadmin | Nov 3, 2022 | All Soul's Day, All Souls, Featured, Indulgences, News, November, Purgatory, Sophia Excerpts | 0 |
Editor’s note: Special indulgences may be gained for the souls in Purgatory throughout the Octave of All Saints, November 1-8. See here for ways to help the Holy Souls. Purgatory is a marvelous contest of love between God and the soul, and, in a contest of love, there is no space for anything that is […]
by bcadmin | Oct 25, 2022 | Book Review, demonic possession, exorcism, Featured, News, Sophia Excerpts, Spiritual Warfare | 0 |
Pray the Our Father. Clasp your Rosary. Place a copy of the Litany of the Saints by your side. Then you may be spiritually equipped to open the book, The Exorcism Files: True Stories of Demonic Possession by Adam Blai (Sophia Institute Press, 2022). As the author noted, he has spent his career as a forensic psychologist, and then assisted […]
by bcadmin | Oct 4, 2022 | community, Featured, happiness, News, Philosophy, psychology, Sophia Excerpts | 0 |
At every juncture of human life and human operations, we encounter individuals and the community under moral, physical, and spiritual challenge. To soften this void, we engage every sort of “ism” as a substitute purpose for human life, whether it be environmentalism; communism and its penchant for economic redistribution; materialism as its own good; atheism […]
by bcadmin | Sep 20, 2022 | Featured, Gospel, life of Christ, News, Sophia Excerpts | 0 |
Jesus is the greatest paradox in history. He appears in a region of minor importance in the Roman Empire, in a nation that its conquerors describe as “a contemptible collection of slaves” (Tacitus). Not once in His life does He emerge from among this people, not once does He evince any desire to know the […]
by bcadmin | Sep 16, 2022 | atheism, Book Review, Featured, News, Social Kingship of Christ, Sophia Excerpts, the Enlightenment | 0 |
Atheism is the zeitgeist of our times and the default state of the average citizen. According to a 2022 study, roughly 50% of the populations of most Western countries identify as atheist or its noncommittal cousin, “agnostic.” The world has fallen so far that any religious activity whatsoever is an aberration, nevermind strict adherence to […]
by bcadmin | Sep 14, 2022 | Book Review, Featured, Minimalism, News, Saint Therese, Sophia Excerpts, Therese of Lisieux | 0 |
With an expected publication the end of September, The Little Way of Living with Less: Learning to Let Go with the Little Flower by Laraine Bennett leads readers to live a simpler and more devout life by downsizing one’s home and decluttering one’s soul. “This book is meant for those who seek the peace and […]
by bcadmin | Sep 14, 2022 | Blessed Virgin Mary, brown scapular, Featured, News, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Sophia Excerpts | 0 |
Baptized in Jesus Christ Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might […]
by bcadmin | Sep 8, 2022 | Blessed Mother, Blessed Virgin Mary, Featured, News, Sophia Excerpts | 0 |
An English author tells the story of a mother who tried the incredible in order to save the remains of her child: “The boy had been hung for robbery and buried outside the Christian cemetery. The mother went to look for his remains. Upon being rebuked for her action, she exclaimed, ‘The flesh of my […]
Atheists, like saints, are made not born. It is not easy to become a saint. The road to the summit of moral transfiguration is steep and treacherous. Left to himself, man cannot manage the climb; his sin-weakened nature is in absolute need of divine grace. Thus, God, who is holiness Himself, alone can develop sanctity […]
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