Category: Spiritual Battle
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Faith and Hope
The last several days have been difficult for me in my struggle with chastity. I was feeling very tempted to masturbate on Wednesday night, and I gave into this temptation several times. I also got in touch with a couple of men who I thought may have been interested in having a sexual encounter with…
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Sloth
Last night, the chaplain of the Courage chapter I belong to gave a talk about sloth, which, according to NewAdvent.org is the “sadness in the face of some spiritual good which one has to achieve,” or kind of a spiritual laziness. (As an aside, Courage is the Catholic Church’s ministry to men and women with…
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“Teacher, We Want You to Do for Us Whatever We Ask of You (Mk 10:35)”
I was really struck by this first line of today’s gospel reading. It made me think about how many times I have asked God for something and expected Him to give it to me simply because I asked for it, without giving much thought to whether the thing that I was asking for was something…