Why I am Catholic – Lynette Graham
I had fallen away from the Catholic Church for most of my adult life.
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by bcadmin | Oct 4, 2022 | Church Fathers, Featured, Ignatian retreat, Lynette Graham, News, St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Teresa of Avila, Why I am Catholic | 0 |
I had fallen away from the Catholic Church for most of my adult life.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 27, 2022 | Dominican Order, Featured, mysticism, News, Prayer, Sophia Excerpts, St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila | 0 |
The stages of prayer form, so to speak, a résumé of the mystical life as a whole; and the mystical life, it can be said, in a certain sense takes in the entire spiritual life and even the whole Christian life in the strict sense of the term — since every faithful Christian, by the […]
by bcadmin | May 11, 2022 | Aristotle, golden mean, Good decision, Gospel, Immanuel Kant, News, Right decision, Simple Holiness, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Thomas Aquinas | 0 |
It may seem that making the right and good decision in every situation we face is a difficult thing to do. But I am here to say, “It’s really not that hard.” Making good, right, ethical decisions comes down to the habits we form each day, which eventually form us to become the people we are.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 13, 2022 | Annual retreat, Code of Canon Law, News, Only Jesus, St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila | 0 |
The Code of Canon Law broadly requires every priest, religious and seminarian to make an annual retreat. This week, I feel blessed to be joining the bishops of this ecclesiastical province (Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota) for our annual retreat.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 13, 2021 | Fr. Thomas Dubay, News, Spiritual Canticle, St. Francis of Assisi, St. John Chrysostom, St. John of the Cross, St. John Vianney, St. Teresa of Avila, The Dispatch | 0 |
The great mystic gave us a portrait of his own manner when he sketched out his counsels on how all of us are to behave […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 14, 2021 | Featured, News, Saints, St. Joseph, St. Teresa of Avila | 0 |
This Year of St. Joseph is a much-needed opportunity to turn to the man God entrusted Himself to. No matter the difficulties we may face in life, St. Teresa of Avila, a great saint and Doctor of the Church, tells us that we can turn to St. Joseph with complete trust. Let us turn to both of these amazing saints to help us grow in greater holiness.
In this short essay, we would like to pay tribute to Saint Teresa of Avila and highlight ten of her great contributions to the Catholic Church and to us as a model of holiness, that we are all called to attain. Remember the words of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the context of the […]
by bcadmin | Apr 16, 2021 | News, St. Teresa of Avila, U.S. & World News | 0 |
While St. Teresa of Avila was outstanding in many ways, her union with Christ through prayer made her an “exceptional woman,” Pope Francis said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 13, 2021 | Catholic news, Doctor of the Church, News, News Briefs, Pope Francis, St. Teresa of Avila, Vatican, Women in the Catholic Church | 0 |
Pope Francis and St. Teresa of Avila / Public domain/ACI Prensa.
Rome Newsroom, Apr 13, 2021 / 11:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has hailed St. Teresa of Ávila as exemplar of courage and spiritual motherhood in a letter marking fift….
by bcadmin | Dec 29, 2020 | News, News Briefs, Pope Benedict XVI, spiritual direction, St. Teresa of Avila, US | 0 |
Denver, Colo., Dec 29, 2020 / 03:00 am (CNA).- Chatting with Lee McDowell is a peaceful experience.
Seated in a comfy leather chair in a rust-colored office near downtown Denver, McDowell serenely and thoughtfully explains the “art and science&#…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 25, 2020 | 2020, Book of Genesis, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Christian Gratitude, Columns, COVID closings, despair, Jesus Christ, John Paul II, Lord God, mortality, News, sin, St. Teresa of Avila, Stephen P. White, The Catholic Thing, true friendship | 0 |
Stephen P. White: Resignation to the futility of righting worldly difficulties is akin to despair, but also the beginning of the way to hope.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 15, 2020 | News, St. Teresa of Avila, The Dispatch | 0 |
Fear is antithetical to the Catholic heart, as is retreating into seclusion out of fear. Ours is a boldly incarnational faith with an attitude of universal togetherness, and the secular agenda at large is one […]
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