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2023-03-21T02:46:31-05:00

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What Is Prelest And Why Is Humility Needed To Overcome It?

Last updated on: March 21, 2023 at 2:46 am By Henry Karlson

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One of the greatest spiritual problems is prelest that is, spiritual delusion, which can manifest itself in a general way, but also in many specific ways. Nonetheless, what fuels it the most is pride. It is pride which allows us to think so greatly of ourselves we believe our own delusions. It is pride which leads us to not question ourselves. Nonetheless, prelest is a common problem with all of us; indeed, at one level, prelest is a general condition... Read more

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2023-03-19T05:18:40-05:00

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The Great Fast And St John Climacus: Getting To Know Ourselves

Last updated on: March 19, 2023 at 5:18 am By Henry Karlson

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As we are in the middle of the Great Fast, hopefully we are learning more and more about ourselves, coming to know truly who we are. This is what the Great Fast should help us do. We should be more aware of ourselves and our temptations, and through such awareness, fight against our inclination to sin. For, if we do not, sin will try to gain control over us, making sure we not only find ourselves straying in our relationship... Read more

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2023-03-16T03:30:25-05:00

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The So-called Benedict Option Is Repudiated By The Way Of St. Patrick

Last updated on: March 16, 2023 at 3:30 am By Henry Karlson

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True Christian spirituality follows the way of the incarnation. The eschaton has become immanent with creation. The self-emptying which the Logos engaged was done in order that as a man, he could take on the cross and death, leading him to overcome death through his resurrection. And this is exactly the path which he has left behind, the noble path which we should take. We should divest ourselves from all attempts to make glory for ourselves, and that means, all... Read more

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2023-03-15T03:16:22-05:00

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The Humility And Wisdom Of St Clare

Last updated on: March 15, 2023 at 3:16 am By Henry Karlson

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It should be impossible to think about the Franciscans without thinking of St. Clare. She, in many ways more than St. Francis, helped keep the Franciscan community together. She was humble, and through that humility, was able guide and direct the Franciscans after the death of St. Francis, making sure they preserved the charism given to their order. Her humility produced, as a fruit, a better understanding and appreciation of the humility and poverty of Christ. That is, it gave... Read more

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2023-03-14T02:47:10-05:00

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The Truth Does Not Need A Defense

Last updated on: March 14, 2023 at 2:47 am By Henry Karlson

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St. Isidore of Seville understood the reason why so many people engage “apologetics.” It is not for the pursuit of truth, as they often claim, but rather, for glory. “The pursuit of contentious arguments is engaged in not for the sake of truth but out of a desire for praise, and there is such perversity in such things that they do not know how to cede to the truth and they contend to destroy correct doctrine itself.”[1] This is why,... Read more

General Christian

2023-03-12T02:48:15-05:00

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Self-Denial, The Great Fast And The Cross

Last updated on: March 12, 2023 at 2:48 am By Henry Karlson

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The Christian way of life is the way of the cross. That can and will mean different things for different people. We are not all meant to do, nor should we all do, the same thing. Not all of us will be married. Not all of us will have children. Not everyone who is single is called to the religious life or to the priesthood. We should stop trying to universalize different contexts and situations, trying to force it upon... Read more

General Christian

2023-03-09T03:45:50-05:00

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We Must Not Ignore The Charisms Of Women

Last updated on: March 9, 2023 at 3:45 am By Henry Karlson

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The Indian philosopher Bara Dada once said, “Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians, you are not like him.” Sadly, the truth of this can be seen throughout Christian history. On the one hand, Christian doctrine provides some of the most sublime, some of the most beautiful, indeed, some of the most liberating teachings of all; on the other hand, Christians have often engaged excuses to ignore or deny their implications. Ironically, when confronted by their behavior, Christians try... Read more

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2023-03-08T03:46:10-05:00

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God Is Reflected In All Things As Through A Mirror

Last updated on: March 8, 2023 at 3:46 am By Henry Karlson

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Paul tells us our relationship and experience of God will change in the eschaton. He does this by comparing and contrasting how our eschatological experience will be in relation to how we can experience God now, which is as through a “mirror dimly”: “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall understand fully, even as I have been fully understood” (1 Cor. 13:12 RSV). We must read... Read more

Contemplative

2023-03-06T07:06:07-05:00

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Resist Being Judgmental

Last updated on: March 6, 2023 at 7:06 am By Henry Karlson

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We are not to judge others; the way we judge others will come back to haunt us, as we will find our own sins, our own failings will be judged just as harsh as we judge others (cf. Matt. 7:1-5). We are meant to care for and love everyone, which is exactly what we are not doing if and when we go out looking for something to judge and condemn everyone? For that is what being judgmental is about. We... Read more

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2023-03-05T03:49:05-05:00

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To Experience The Presence Of God

Last updated on: March 5, 2023 at 3:49 am By Henry Karlson

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Jesus is the way. He directs and guides everyone, hoping to bring them together as one. Such unity will not, however, be one where everyone comes as they are, unreformed, so that their sins, their hate, their disdain for others remains; instead, he directs them to the path of love, to have them cast off the darkness found within so that they can embrace each other with pure love. Then, with that love, they can be truly united, and not... Read more

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