You cannot reach at once what the saints attained in several years. Therefore, you need to follow these gradual steps: Decide, for yourself, on a short prayer that suits you. You may repeat it several times, in depth, expressing your personal feelings. Use this prayer at your leisure to keep yourself busy lest your thoughts …
Your relationship with the Holy Bible is concentrated in acquiring the Bible, adhering to it, reading, understanding, contemplating, studying and learning it by heart. And, above all, you should behave according to it and train yourself to follow its commandments. To acquire the Bible does not mean to keep it as a rarity on your …
O Lord, on the New Year’s eve, I do not want to make many promises, as through my previous experience, I know that I shall not fulfil any, or start but not perfect! I do not want to rely on myself; I know my weakness. I know I have many good intentions, “but to perform …
The love which does not sacrifice is a barren love, without fruit. Love is a productive mother that gives birth to numerous virtues such as compassion and affection, a word of encouragement and a word of consolation, attention and care, forgiveness and seeking the salvation of the soul. This is the spiritual love… Perhaps the …
The spiritual person who is known for the virtue of hope always has hope in all the particulars of his life, which grants him strength and joy: With regard to repentance and purity, he always has hope that God will pick him up however great his fall may be and will set him up. He …
