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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 ›

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The wonder of writing

Writing at one time in my life was something that I actually hated to do.  In school it was something you did for grade credit, which was of course work, though if truth be told…. at times I have to say I did enjoy it.  Then there were letters, which I have never liked writing,… Read More ›

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Attainment of peace of heart

Aelred of Rievaulx lists six stages to be passed through in the attainment of peace of heart and tranquility of mind. The rejection of worldly standards, particularly the search for pleasure or possessions and the ambition for honors. The setting aside of self-love, vanity, pride, and the comparison of self with others. Reflection on the… Read More ›

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The dance of being a caregiver

There is a lot of learning in taking care of the elderly.  Boundaries are understood at an ever deeper level.  For instance, when to step in and to know when doing anything is inappropriate and even harmful.  No matter the age, if the mind is still sharp, all that can be done is to try… Read More ›

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We are like children learning to walk

Until we have acquired genuine prayer, we are like people teaching children to begin to walk. Try to lift up, or rather, to enclose your thought within the words or your prayer, and if in its infant state it wearies and falls, lift it up again. …If you constantly train your mind never to wander,… Read More ›

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On thoughts of the mind

Be attentive to the thoughts of the mind. If some evil thought passes through you, do not get upset, for it is not the transient thoughts of your mind that the knowledge of the Lord of all observes, rather He looks at the depths of the mind to see if you take pleasure in that… Read More ›

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