by Timothy Flanders | Apr 30, 2020 | Authors: Kennedy Hall, Catholic Masculinity, Practical, Spiritual
By Kennedy Hall Fasting gives birth to prophets and strengthens the powerful; fasting makes lawgivers wise. Fasting is a good safeguard for the soul, a steadfast companion for the body, a weapon for the valiant, and a gymnasium for athletes. Fasting repels...
by Timothy Flanders | Apr 30, 2020 | Catholic Masculinity, Practical, Spiritual
AGAINST THE TEN COMMANDMENTS The First Commandment Have you doubted in matters of faith? Consulted fortune-tellers? Believed in dreams? Made use of superstitious practices? Gone to places of false worship and taken an active part in the religious services of a false...
by Timothy Flanders | Jan 2, 2020 | Spiritual
St. Benedict sums up the spiritual necessity of the Four Last Things in his chapter “What Are the Instruments of Good Works”: To have wholesome fear of the day of judgment. With fear to shrink from hell. To long for eternal life with all spiritual desire. To have the...
by Timothy Flanders | Jul 22, 2019 | Practical, Spiritual
Our Lord Commands us to Suffer in order to follow Him In the Gospel of St Luke, at the moment when “great multitudes” followed Him, our Lord turned to them and said If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and...
by Timothy Flanders | Jul 10, 2019 | Practical, Spiritual
1. Always Flee The Spiritual writers tell us that every deadly sin can be faced and conquered. For every deadly sin, we can cultivate the contrary virtue even while facing circumstances which provoke these sins. For example, to conquer anger, we can seek out the...
by Timothy Flanders | Jul 1, 2019 | Current crisis, Spiritual
The Church celebrates the Feast of the Precious Blood of Jesus on July 1st and then dedicates the month to the same.[1] Let us reflect on the realities we face. The demons are exposed. Stand up and fight As the current crisis continues to unmask its hideous face, more...
by Timothy Flanders | Jun 28, 2019 | Spiritual
In the twelfth chapter of the gospel of St. Luke our Lord says these words: I am come to cast fire on the earth. And would that it were already kindled! (Lk. xii. 49)[1] This verse is the Magnificat antiphon for First Vespers of the Feast. The following prayer...
by Timothy Flanders | Jun 28, 2019 | Spiritual
Parts of the human body and soul The Four Causes Form and Matter Substance and Accident Objective and Subjective Potency and Actuality Parts of the Human Body and Soul Intellect: faculty in the soul ordered to know the truth Will: faculty in the soul ordered to...
by Timothy Flanders | Jun 24, 2019 | Spiritual
The saints tell us that the last enemy to be defeated is wicked pride: Our eighth and last combat is against the spirit of pride, which evil, although it is the latest in our conflict with our faults and stands last on the list, yet in beginning and in the order of...
by Timothy Flanders | Jun 23, 2019 | Spiritual
SERMON XXXI. SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. – ON HOLY COMMUNION. “A certain man made a great supper.” LUKE xiv. 16. IN the gospel of this day we read that a rich man prepared a great supper. He then ordered one of his servants to invite to it all those whom he...
by Timothy Flanders | Jun 20, 2019 | Spiritual
Please see the sources below. Duties of your State in Life A Basic Rule of Life The Ten Commandments The Six Precepts of the Church The Seven Sacraments The Three Theological Virtues The Four Cardinal Virtues The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit The Twelve Fruits of the...
by Timothy Flanders | Jun 9, 2019 | Practical, Prayer, Spiritual
The Church has enemies At Easter every Eastern Catholic hears the chant from the words of the Prophet: Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: and let them that hate him flee from before his face (Ps. lxvii. 2). Moses writes that this was also chanted by the...
