The great spiritual principal is detachment. The heart of the spiritual life is to love God and to love everything else for the sake of God. As I seek to find God’s goodness day by day, there are four things I stive to love for their intrinsic value: God, my neighbor, myself, and my body.
Continue reading “Week Ten: The Virtue of Love. Detachment”The season of Lent allows me to contemplate my habits and determine what I need to change in order to turn my whole being to be closer to God. It allows me the intentional time to reconcile, raise my heart and return wholeheartedly to my creator.
Continue reading “Week Ten: The Virtue of Love. Infused Habit”I have a teacher that shows me how to love. I also have a guide who is always with me that helps lead me to a divine love. Not as our culture defines love, but a love that is marked by kindness, compassion and mercy that wills the good of the other.
Continue reading “Week Ten: The Virtue of Love. Divine Love”Are you drawn toward the good? If not, don’t lose hope. I believe we are all are fundamentally drawn to God’s goodness, but it can be a struggle. I don’t think many of us make the decision to be evil. However, the dark forces are constantly pulling us and attracting us. It takes supernatural strength to resist the lull of becoming numb and asleep to the comforts the world provides.
Continue reading “Week Ten: The Virtue of Love. Drawn to Good”Just as there are physical laws that govern material objects, there are spiritual laws that govern the behavior and the relationships between human beings. We can be in tune with these laws in harmony or we can be in opposition, usually unhappy.
Continue reading “Week Ten: The Virtue of Love. Spiritual Physics”Did you know that there are three theological virtues: faith, hope, and charity (or love)? They inform all the moral virtues and give life to them. They infuse us with supernatural powers.
Continue reading “Week Ten: The Virtue of Love. Theological Love”As we turn to God, we are taught how to love. Not as the world loves but with a merciful, compassionate life-giving love. A powerful exercise is to meditate on 1 Corinthians, God’s definition of what love is and place your name in place of love.
Quiet your heart and enjoy His presence … He is leading you to love. “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians 13:13)
Continue reading “Turning to God: Looking for God’s Goodness and Weekly Reflection Summary”You Lord are my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. You lead me and refresh my soul. You guide me on my right path of goodness. I do not fear evil because you are with me and comfort me.
Continue reading “Week Nine: Turning to God. Knowing Love”As I walk the path of God’s love, I’m called not only to love God with all my heart and soul but to love my neighbor as myself. How well I love myself is a topic for another time. But if I love the way God calls me to love I am a light that shines through the darkness in others’ lives.
Continue reading “Week Nine: Turning to God. Love of Neighbor”Today is Ash Wednesday, where we enter into the desert of our souls to align ourselves with our suffering Lord in anticipation of the Resurrection. As we turn to God, we find our highest calling. As we follow our Lord’s example, one of the simplest rules we are to follow is the hardest to live at times: do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I have many opportunities to practice this throughout my day when I meet people who want my attention, face people with different opinions or even drive on the freeway.
We are called to be merciful.
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Smitten With Goodness 