Winning the Three Battles to Fight the One Battle that Matters Antony said, ‘He who sits alone and is quiet has escaped from three wars: hearing, speaking, seeing: but there is one thing against which he must continually fight: that is, his own heart.’The Desert Fathers, p. 8 Aristotle in The Nicomachean Ethics argues that contemplation of … Continue reading Solitude & Inner Silence:
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Lies We Tell Ourselves #10: “A personal relationship with Jesus is a PROTESTANT idea!”
Together with baptism, a personal relationship with Jesus Christ is the starting point of our life in Christ.
Lies We Tell Ourselves #9: “But my priest is my spiritual father!”
It’s better to think of your priest not as a spiritual father along the monastic lines but as a coach.
Lies We Tell Ourselves #7: “But, we called to interiorized monasticism!”
...we corrupt families and parishes, when we make monastic life the model for our life in Christ.