Spiritual Direction

Like the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly, it may take a long time of darkness and struggle until we emerge beautified, and it may not be until the very end of our journeys this side of eternity. But it will be more than worth it.

that is the ground of even our wounds, is that we easily get caught in judging our own faults and failings. By this I do not mean we should not be able to admit fault, confess failings, make amends. Indeed we should. I’m saying that we get caught in this.

Faithfulness, not degree of sacrifice, is our measure of “success.”

It’s not our religious activities, it’s not keeping rules, it’s not being a dutiful soldier fulfilling a cause. He wants our lives and our hearts in intimate, joyful, relationship with Him.

is, however, necessary to put our whole trust in GOD, laying aside all other cares, and even some particular forms of devotion, though very good in themselves, yet such as one often engages in unreasonably, because these devotions are only means to attain to the end.

Reflection Justice, gratitude, piety, and even self-interest oblige us to love our Lord Jesus Christ. He must be loved above all things, and for love of him all that we hold dear must be sacrificed. Let us willingly consecrate ourselves without reserve to his holy service.

Faithfulness To pursue faithfulness means acting in integrity, keeping your word, and doing what is right before God, with fortitude and without complaint, because you trust God to give you the ability to complete all he has given you to do.

Devotion dwells in the realm of quietness and is still before God. It is serious, thoughtful, meditative.