Tag: sacraments
10 Tips from priests for a better Confession
Aleteia: Have you ever left the confessional wondering, “Did I do that right?” I wish I could hear other people’s confessions. Don’t worry, I’m not bugging the confessionals in the convent. I just think I would learn something from hearing how others go about it. I’ve been partaking of the Sacrament of Penance for several… Read More ›
Proper Disposition for Communion
We saw another holy father called Eulogius, who had received from God the grace of being able to discern both the merits and the guilt of anyone who approached the altar of God, so that he would stop some of the monks coming to him for Communion saying: “How can you dare to approach the… Read More ›
Be Ever Vigilant
In the nearby desert there is an elderly brother called John who excels everybody in his life, his customs, and his abstinence. When her first came to the desert he stood underneath a protruding rock face for three years continuously, always praying, never sitting or lying down. He took only what sleep he could standing… Read More ›
Our Salvation is in Reality
O strange and inconceivable thing! We did not really die, we were not really buried, we were not really crucified and raised again, but our imitation was but a figure, while our salvation is in reality. Christ was actually crucified, and actually buried, and truly rose again; and all these things have been vouchsafed to… Read More ›