Oblate Formation 
Posts concerning Oblate and Novice formation. These include articles which are also applicable to most Christians, whether Oblate or not. Additional articles on instruction of various parts of the Rule can be found under that category.
Five Blockbusters that Are Secretly About Religious Discernment
When I first began discerning a call to religious life three years ago, I did as any reluctant servant might: I recklessly tore through the recesses of YouTube, watching anything and everything related to discernment. From high-quality promotional videos to nap-inducing question and answer sessions, I filled my hesitant brain with all the digital-spiritual guidance… Read More ›
June 6: D-Day Prayer
Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity. Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in their faith. They will need… Read More ›
Put Down that Phone
Put down the phone and really listen to someone else. With eye contact. — 56 Ways of Mercy, Aleteia I spent Friday evening with five of my children, while my husband took the other four on a trip to visit relatives for a special occasion. Those who stayed behind did so because of obligations during… Read More ›
Avoiding worldliness
Often, we hear the term “worldliness.” In the Bible, Jesus warns of this a number of times. So did His disciples. Take the reading from Tuesday (May 17, 2016), “Do you not know that to be a lover of the world means enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wants to be a lover of the world… Read More ›
How to Improve Your Mind
Books are the most wonderful friends in the world. When you meet them and pick them up, they are always ready to give you a few ideas. When you put them down, they never get mad; when you take them up again, they seem to enrich you all the more. ― Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, Life Is… Read More ›
Sin Can Be Attractive Bait, but There’s Always a Hook
Satan, it would seem, does not act in an arbitrary manner when trying to tempt us. Rather, he is more a master hunter carefully setting traps, or a skilled fisherman studying behavior in order to choose the most effective bait. Satan is calculating and clever. Sadly, most of us are far less calculating and clever… Read More ›
The Holy Spirit and Mary
26. It seems to us useful to add to this mention of the Christological orientation of devotion to the Blessed Virgin a reminder of the fittingness of giving prominence in this devotion to one of the essential facts of the Faith: the Person and work of the Holy Spirit. Theological reflection and the liturgy have… Read More ›
Calumny and detraction
It is possible to injure another’s good name either by telling lies about that person or by revealing hidden faults which should not be revealed. One of the main reasons why lies are forbidden by the Eighth Commandment is that they destroy community and healthy social relationships. Since man is a social being he absolutely… Read More ›
Pope Francis: “God Is Greater Than Our Sin!”
Immerse yourself in the ocean of God’s mercy and find the one thing we all truly need in life Aleteia: — God’s love is an ocean of infinite mercy and forgiveness, in which even our worst sins can be completely washed away, Pope Francis said today. Concluding his catecheses on mercy in the Old Testament… Read More ›
Christianity Is for Losers
Americans can’t seem to shake their notion that Christianity is a religion for the successful Aletetia:“I wouldn’t go to church with my plumber.” The speaker, dressed in a dark two-piece suit, with the aggressive pinstripes favored by some businessmen, went to a traditionalist Episcopal parish out on Long Island where the average income sails far… Read More ›