Interior Mastery
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Practical guidance from the saints ⁘ Reorder your passions ⁘ Subject them to your will ⁘ And open your soul to grace through deeper prayer and clear discernment
Catholics burn out on X because we try to do God's work without being with God. Dom Chautard nailed this over 100 years ago: “Good works can be done only by the overflow from the interior life. Otherwise, they do no good, and can even become harmful.” - Soul of the Apostolate…
Your spiritual journey demands constant motion. It’s not like a normal journey, where stopping prevents fatigue and doesn’t erase the progress you’ve made. Taking a break in your spiritual growth leads to regression and lost virtue, and adds to the resistance and burden of…
It’s easy to go a long time without a single thought of God. When you notice this, don’t shame yourself. Instead, recognize your forgetfulness and appreciate the moment when you become aware of your dependence. This act alone honors God deeply and opens the door to many graces.
Fleeing from difficult or unpleasant situations is effectively rejecting the very grace we’ve prayed for.
Be conscious to recognize the opportunities throughout your day to exercise virtue. Chance encounters, interruptions and even annoyances. The more struggles we embrace while working to grow in a virtue, the more deeply and quickly that virtue takes root.
Lord Jesus Christ, consume my self-love with the fire of Your mercy. Let me die to all that is not You, that I may rise in holy abandonment, trusting only in Your will.
