Posted in Spiritual Life, tagged confession, garden, God, Jesus, sin, Spiritual Life, weed killer, weeds on May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Our spiritual life, our walk towards God is a lot like a garden. We are trying to cultivate some beautiful flowers, trees, fruit, and vegetables but the more we try to grow, the more weeds seem to pop up.
These weeds are our sins and interestingly enough, people approach their “weeds” differently.
Some want to ignore them, [...]
Posted in Spiritual Life, tagged Christian, confession, Discernment, Don Bosco, Jesus, Life, religious life, Salesian, Vocation, vows on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Life is good, and it is so simple when we remember why we are here.
I had the chance to speak with an amazing priest today. Thank God for him. He helped me to recover my focus on the Lord, regroup and simplify my life. Thank God for the great blessing of confession.
Here is some of [...]
Posted in Holy Mother Church, tagged Benedict, Benedict XVI, confession, Don Bosco, healing, Holy Father, Jesus, Mass, Nationals, Penance, Pope, Pope Benedict, Pope Benedict XVI, Stadium, Youth on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two points from Pope Benedict’s Homily from the Mass at Nationals Stadium caught my attention. Here is the full text and below my “cliff notes” version
Addressing how the young need to be led to Christ he said that we need to teach them about true freedom, teaching them through word and example how [...]
Posted in Spiritual Life, tagged confession, Discernment, Don Bosco, formation, heart, seminary, sin, spiritual direction, Spiritual Life, temptation, Vocation on April 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I got some great advice today. My spiritual director helped me to realize something very simple. After making my confession he told me something I never thought he would say. He said “Sean, harden your heart..”
I thought for a second that I had misheard what he said and then he continued explaining that we [...]
