Jeff Cavins, author of The Great Adventure Bible study, takes us to the place where Jesus began his passion, the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem. Jeff contrasts Jesus’ willingness to suffer for God’s will in this garden with Adam’s failure to do God’s will in the Garden of Eden. He then explains that suffering gains a profound purpose when we unite it to Christ’s suffering and God’s will.
Have you ever had dark, disturbing dreams? If you did, did you feel guilty when you woke up? Did you have some vague sense of shame that such dreams came from your mind? If you’ve ever experienced this, you might have even wondered whether or not such dreams could be...
Have you heard the term “Spiritual Bypassing?” Simply put, it is “Proposing a simple spiritual solution to a deeply complex human reality.” Today, Fr. Mark-Mary shares how to avoid over-spiritualizing situations and emotions too much and offers some practical advice...
The first step is to stop. Once we realize that we have to repent...that we are called to "change our minds"...the first step is to stop. To examine what it is that we are thinking and to which thoughts, sins, and false images of God we have made agreements with. And...