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The desert will feed you

If you have fled away to remain in solitude, continue to stay there; wait there for the One who will save you ‘from pusillanimity of spirit and the storm’. However much the storm of battles may assail you, however much you may feel the lack even of sustenance in the desert, do not because of… Read More ›

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No one can serve two masters

‘No one can serve two masters.’ What sort of masters? Christ explains it to you when he continues: ‘You cannot serve God and Mammon.’ [Matt. 6:24] It is clear then. Those who make Mammon their master cannot serve God, but they serve the master they have freely chosen. They love to be at Mammon’s disposal,… Read More ›

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The desert will feed you

If you have fled away to remain in solitude, continue to stay there; wait there for the One who will save you ‘from pusillanimity of spirit and the storm’. However much the storm of battles may assail you, however much you may feel the lack even of sustenance in the desert, do not because of… Read More ›

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Follow Him to the desert

If you have fled away to remain in solitude, continue to stay there; wait there for the One who will save you ‘from pusillanimity of spirit and the storm’. However much the storm of battles may assail you, however much you may feel the lack even of sustenance in the desert, do not because of… Read More ›

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Show Me the Success

“First of all, every time you begin a good work, you must pray to him most earnestly to bring it to perfection.” (RB: Prolologue: 4) . . . You can do it! But is that true? It doesn’t matter how much resolve or determination we muster up. It doesn’t matter how much knowledge we discover,… Read More ›

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