Signum Dei: Recent Episodes
TJ Burdick
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Takeaways
1) Not everything has to be a matter of productive value.
2) The battle between humility and pride is won by grace.
3) Devices carry us into the darkness of nothingness.
The Poetry of St. Thomas Aquinas
From: Praying In The Presence Of Our Lord with St. Thomas Aquinas by Mike Aquilina
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3 Takeaways
1) Aquinas was asked to create the Office of Readings for the newly celebrated feast day of Corpus Christi. Hence, the poetry
2)The Eucharist was the source and summit of Aquinas' life.
3.a) Go to adoration. Your soul will thank you.
3.b) Use your creativity as well as your logic to build God's Kingdom.
The Way of Perfection - St. Theresa of Avila
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Takeaways
1) Humility is the fulcrum of the spiritual life.
2) Detachment is the road to humility.
3) We go through seasons in our prayer life, seasons directed by the Spirit.
Text: The Glories of Mary, Section II: How Great is the Love of Our Mother for Us
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Takeaways:
1) Love is found in speech, act, and in silence.
2) You cannot love Mary more than she loves you, nor more than her Son loves her.
3) Mary would have crucified Jesus herself so that we could be saved.
Text: The Scandal of Redemption
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3 Takeaways:
In a world that is plagued with turbulence and darkness we must approach it with
1) Hope
2) Generosity
3) Sacrifice
Text: The Letters of St. Catherine of Siena
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3 Takeaways
1) We are complacent when we fail to call out the sinner
2) We must correct the sinner only out of love and not coldly or lukewarmly
3) Our temporal needs must come second to our spiritual needs.
Text: Peace of Soul by Fulton J. Sheen
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Topic: Modern Man's Frustration
3 Takeaways:
Man is frustrated with...
1) Himself
2) Other people
3) God
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