"God has given us," says the author of a trilogy of books about the reality of evil and the challenge of spiritual warfare, "through our freedom, the ability to participate in this huge struggle, where it's the mystical body of Christ vs. the kingdom of Satan, and we're involved."
Venerable Pierre Toussaint (1766–1853), born in what is now Haiti, arrived in New York City as a slave but died there an accomplished hairdresser, a free man, and a beloved member of the city's Catholic community.
Humility, poverty, patience, and obedience are the four who bring the soul, as it lies helpless, to Jesus.
"But his disciples said to Jesus, 'You see how the crowd is pressing upon you, and yet you ask, "Who touched me?"'" (Mk 5:31)
It seems to me that I am like a mother bending attentively over her favorite child.
All spiritual writers agree that the best sign you can have of solid devotion is amendment of life and perseverance in good.
For the past many years, I have been maintaining an internet ministry that allows me, through comment boxes, to listen in on the questions, complaints, and pontifications of thousands of people in regard to religion.
