April 2011
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Inspiration Monday: A humorous comment on...
“Self-love, then, is one of the sources of our disturbance; the other is the importance we give ourselves. Why is it that when we happen to commit some imperfection or sin, we are so surprised, upset, and impatient? Without doubt, it is because we thought we were something special, resolute, and steady, and therefore, when we discover that in reality we are nothing of the kind and have fallen...
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God Doesn't Want Us to Live in the Past
How much of our lives have been spent regretting our past? We engage in countless analyses about what we did wrong, what others did to hurt us, and how life has treated us badly. We can live back there, you know. Traditional psychology doesn’t help the matter with its emphasis on “going deep” into our pain and into our pasts in order to find— whatever a person is supposed to find there....
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The Goal Standard of Self-Help Books for Moods
According to Catholic doctrine, we are a complex and fully integrated being, not one with separate parts to be expressed and dealt with apart from each other. Mind, body, and spirit are one until death. It stands to reason then that we must take care of our body and minds in order to hear God more clearly. Last Wednesday 3/30/11, I talked about how “core beliefs” can affect your...
