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.
The great role of fatherhood
A great role, this role of fatherhood, which not a few parents today have tried to abdicate, opting for a relationship on a par with their children, which ends up depriving the children of that psychological support and that moral backing which they need to successfully get through the precarious stage of childhood and early… Read More ›
We are on pilgrimage with the Lord to the heights.
The question of how man can attain the heights, becoming completely himself and completely like God, has always engaged mankind. It was passionately disputed by the Platonic philosophers of the third and fourth centuries. For them, the central issue was finding the means of purification which could free man from the heavy load weighing him… Read More ›
The Feast of the Ascension, June 2
On June 2, we celebrate the Feast of the Ascension, marking the day on which Jesus was taken up into heaven. According to the Acts of the Apostles, the event began at the Mount of Olives in the presence of the disciples: Jesus physically separated Himself from the Apostles to begin a new way of… Read More ›
All good things are hard
If the teachings of the Gospel are sometimes difficult, that is just what we should expect from the lofty perfections to which they will lead, here and hereafter. All good things are hard, and the better they are, the harder they are, as everyone knows from every-day experience even in the natural order and world…. Read More ›
The Ascension should stengthen our faith
At one of the last meetings with His disciples after His resurrection Our Lord “upbraided them with their incredulity and hardness of heart, because they did not believe them who had seen him after he was risen again (Mark XVI. 14). The reproof which the Master gave the eleven on that occasion was well deserved…. Read More ›
Hope and Charity
Charity is the power of defending that which we know to be indefensible. Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances which we know to be desperate. It is true that there is a state of hope which belongs to bright prospects and the morning; but that is not the virtue of hope. The… Read More ›
Our Response to High-Profile Meltdowns
By Fr. James Farfaglia, 5/21/2011: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) We need not be discouraged, shocked or worried Sexual sin is not the only sin, but it is certainly the battle of our times. It is quite possible that when we consider the demands of our spiritual life and the impact on us of the continuous bombardment… Read More ›
How the Sea Can Help You Pray
Everyone living today in America in or near a city has a desperate need for the three S’s: silence, solitude, and slowing down—both for psychological sanity and for prayer. 1. Silence. Kierkegaard, the great nineteenth century Danish Christian philosopher, spoke often of silence. Almost the last thing he ever wrote was about silence. He said:… Read More ›
Reconciliation Comes from God
God is faithful to his eternal plan even when man, under the impulse of the evil one(43) and carried away by his own pride, abuses the freedom given to him in order to love and generously seek what is good, and refuses to obey his Lord and Father. God is faithful even when man, instead… Read More ›
To be like Christ means above all to love.
To be like Christ means above all to love. It is even a commandment for us to be like Him in this regard. “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you” (John XV. 12). After Christ had told the Apostles this, He went on to explain that this love… Read More ›