Series on Fire Within by Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M. (Part 2 of 8)
Growth in spiritual life is always challenging. In the beginning, it’s gonna take a LOT of effort. But as it goes on, you’ll notice that it becomes more and more the Lord’s work and less and less contingent on our human work. This is the second episode of our series on the Fire Within that talks about how St. Theresa sees the “giftedness” of advanced prayer and the relationship between prayer and the profound growth in the spiritual life.
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Learning God’s Voice
How can we bring our feelings to the Lord? Once we have a sense of what we are feeling and why we are feeling that way, this would be the next step that we’re invited to do—to turn to Jesus in prayer in great faith and trust, then relate and bring these feelings to him and let him respond to it. In this episode, we’ll talk about how we can convey our emotions to the Lord and what it would look…
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Blessed Are The Poor
Matthew’s first nine beatitudes said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” The world constantly tries to define us and tell us who we are. Our successes, belongings, talents, people in our lives, jobs, culture, and technology all make us who we are. We beclothed ourselves with these things and are tempted to find…
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Rethink Growth
One might often think that growth is gonna happen in a particular way that we usually perceive as a huge experience or something flashy, but growth might actually look different. What does the Lord want to teach us and how does He teach us…
