May 20th, 2020 by Servant Maria

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Lessons From a Crisis Retreat XV The Fourth Commandment

Finally I have made another segment of our retreat, bringing to you the catechism questions on the Fourth Commandment.  There are some important ideas about love and respect for our parents and those in authority as well as some insights about family life.  I think you’ll like this lesson.  God bless you! Listen to the […]

May 13th, 2020 by Servant Maria

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Lessons From A Crisis Retreat XIV May 13, 2020 (Our Lady of Fatima’s Feast)

Today I wanted to give you a little lesson since it is the feast of Our Lady of Fatima.  She is the inspiration behind the many things I have learned since I began distributing rosaries in honor of the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima in 1917.  Three years later on […]

April 29th, 2020 by Servant Maria

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Lessons From A Crisis Retreat XIII The Third Commandment

In today’s ‘Lessons From A Crisis’ we learn about the Third Commandment and all that it calls us to as we observe the Lord’s Day and make it holy for ourselves and those around us.  Most Catholics know that we are obliged to go to Mass in honor of the Lord’s Day on either Sunday […]

April 24th, 2020 by Servant Maria

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Lessons From A Crisis Retreat X April 23, 2020

Today we continue our study of the questions of the catechism on the First Commandment.  We learn about the sins against hope and love as well as the reason that love of the saints does not conflict with the First Commandment.  Sometimes other Christians accuse us of disobeying the First Commandment because we love the […]

April 22nd, 2020 by Servant Maria

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Lessons From a Crisis Retreat IX The First Commandment April 21, 2020

Today as we continue our retreat we begin to learn the Catechism questions that teach us about the First Commandment.  It is important for us to know those things God expects of us to grow in our faith and those things that we should avoid that can lead us away from God. Listen to the […]

April 18th, 2020 by Servant Maria

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Lessons From A Crisis Retreat VIII April 17, 2020

In today’s lesson from the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola we learn about ‘the spirit of the world’, that aspect of ‘the world’ that is under the dominion of the devil and leads us away from God.  There are three attitudes which lead us toward sin and as you hear about them, you’ll […]

April 16th, 2020 by Servant Maria

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Lessons From A Crisis Retreat VI April 16, 2020

Continuing our Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, today we begin to learn about the three graces of conversion:1) the grace to know our sins and detest them, 2) the grace to feel the disorder of our sins so that we turn away from them and 3) the grace to may know ‘the world’, that which […]

April 13th, 2020 by Servant Maria

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Lessons From A Crisis Retreat VI (a) April 11, 2020

I recorded this’ Lesson From A Crisis’ talk on Holy Saturday.  The first part of the talk continues St. Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercise as we get into the topic of pondering our sins and their effect on our lives and on God’s working through us.  Toward the end of the lesson, I look at the beautiful […]

April 11th, 2020 by Servant Maria

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Lessons From a Crisis Retreat V April 10, 2020

I’m sorry I’m getting this out for you so late on this Good Friday.  It is an important lesson on sin and on Our Savior’s love for us.  Let us continue to pray much during this special time God has given us for our purification and conversion. Listen to the Lesson here:   Or download […]

April 9th, 2020 by Servant Maria

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Lessons From A Crisis Retreat IV April 9, 2020

Today, on this Holy Thursday, April 9, 2020 we continue our retreat, learning about the effects of sin from the beginning of the creation of the angels, to the sin in the Garden of Eden, to the terrible effects of sin in our own life.  St. Ignatius places before our eyes what sin is so […]