St. Alphonsus was an Italian Bishop who lived from 1696 – 1787. “Uniformity with God’s Will” is a small book published by TAN books that contains these words relevant to all of us facing adversity, including aging, dementia, and caregiving: The essence of perfection is to embrace the will of God in all things, prosperous or adverse. In prosperity, even sinners find it easy to unite themselves to the divine will; but it takes saints to unite themselves to God’s will when things go wrong and are painful to self-love ..read more

St. Alphonsus was an Italian Bishop who lived from 1696 – 1787. “Uniformity with God’s Will” is a small book published by TAN books that contains these words relevant to all of us facing adversity, including aging, dementia, and caregiving: The essence of perfection is to embrace the will of God in all things, prosperous or adverse. In prosperity, even sinners find it easy to unite themselves to the divine will; but it takes saints to unite themselves to God’s will when things go wrong and are painful to self-love ..read more

The month of September is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows. Here are some notable feast days: 8th – Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 14th – Exaltation of the Cross 15th – Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows (image above) 21st, 23rd, 24th – Ember Days (fasting) 29th – Michaelmas / Feast of St. Michael – pre-1962 calendar 29th – Feast of the Archangels – new calendar ..read more

By St. Francis De Sales St. PAUL says that “godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of, but the sorrow of the world worketh death.” 187 So we see that sorrow may be good or bad according to the several results it produces in us. And indeed there are more bad than good results arising from it, for the only good ones are mercy and repentance; whereas there are six evil results, namely ..read more

In 1609, St. Francis de Sales published “Introduction of the Devout Life.” His chapter on anxiety may be of interest to our community. It is in the public domain, so here it is. Any italics are my emphasis: ANXIETY of mind is not so much an abstract temptation, as the source whence various temptations arise. Sadness, when defined, is the mental grief we feel because of our involuntary ailments;—whether the evil be exterior, such as poverty ..read more

The month of November is dedicated to the Poor Souls in Purgatory. Here are some notable Feast Days: November 1 Feast of All Saints (Holy Day of Obligation) November 2 Feast of All Souls November 5 Opportunity to begin a 33-day preparation for Consecration to Mary on December 8th (Matthew will be) November 20 Christ the King (new calendar) November 27 First Sunday of Advent November 27 Feast of the Miraculous Medal ..read more