Category: Catholicism

Outright Joy

For the “romance” of Clare and Francis has always exuded a warmth and a brightness that cannot be accounted for by the actual events. I believe the source of that fire is partly our own…

Today’s One-Liner (#281)

Within the Christian tradition more than a suspicion exists that the more intelligent we are,  the more we consider ourselves to be “intellectuals,” the more difficult it is to save our souls.  –James V. Schall,…

Virtue’s Greatness

Fortitude appears to excel among the virtues. Virtue is concerned with things difficult and good. But fortitude is concerned with difficulty; hence it is the greatest of the virtues. To this we must reply: the…

Love Is the Way

To love with understanding and without understanding.  To love blindly, and to folly.  To see only what is lovable.  To think only on these things.  To see the best in everyone around, their virtues rather…

Today’s One-Liner (#277)

We are to keep our eyes on Him (and on our neighbors’ needs) rather than on ourselves.  –Peter Kreeft, Practical Theology: Spiritual Direction from Saint Thomas Aquinas

Simplify!

Simplify your life by throwing out all the things you have that you don’t need, all that’s not virtuous, useful, or pleasant. Don’t do anything for any other reason, e.g., because “everybody’s doing it” or…

Today’s One-Liner (#275)

Though meditation you can learn to stand back from the heat of mental processes that are raging out of control.  –Sri Eknath Easwaran, Seeing with the Eyes of Love: Reflections on a Classic of Christian…