When you are prevented from labouring for God’s glory, either by reason of bodily infirmity or from some other cause which shows forth his divine pleasure, be not grieved. Instead, cast yourself with confidence into the arms of the One who knows what is most to your advantage and who draws you in in proportion …
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My Father Alphonsus, I’m Not Sure of Your Logic
In his book on Preparation for Death, Saint Alphonsus tells us that a dying sinner has a great fight: the devils will torment him, exerting “all their strength to secure the perdition of the soul that is about to leave this world”; he will also see himself surrounded by his sins; indeed, “having loved sin until death, he …
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Contemplative in the Mud 