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How Saint Joseph Is Healing My Father Wound
When I was a little girl The Waltons and Little House on the Prairie were popular on television. The kind and loving father figures on these shows made my heart ache for the kind of love I saw acted out on screen. My best friend’s father affectionately called my...
Corrine’s Testimonial
At Corrine’s house when she was a child, the refrigerator was in a separate garage. When it was dark, her seven siblings were too afraid to go out to the garage to fetch the ice cream from the fridge for dessert. But Corrine wasn’t. “I would volunteer to get the ice...
What Is Spiritual Direction and Why Does It Matter?
As I have grown in my understanding of sacred Scripture and matured in my relationship with Jesus I have come to appreciate the value of spiritual direction. As Saint Paul reminds us when he tells us, “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me” (Galatians...
Why Our Memory Is Critical for Recovery
Addictions strike at the very roots of our physical and spiritual nature. As physical beings, our lives can be full of all the pains and difficulties of animal life. Yet, we also endure suffering through our souls, intellect, and memory. As C.S. Lewis put it, we live...
The Extraordinary Benefits of Eucharistic Adoration (Part 2)
In the first article of this two-part series, I shared with you the benefits of regularly participating in an hour of Eucharistic adoration and offered some advice on how to fully experience freedom from sin, temptation, and addiction. I want to now explain how...
The Value of an Accountability Partner for Maintaining Recovery
As I began my quest to extricate myself from the addiction to pornography and habitual masturbation, my first focused attempt probably started in 2007 through an online educational program. For that program, I was set up with a coach to read my answers to the...
Dennis’s Testimonial
For many years, Dennis lived in two worlds: one that everyone knew about and one that no one but himself did. “In recovery, we talk about having two words until we get discovered and then those words come crashing together,” Dennis said. “My wife discovered my...
The Extraordinary Benefits of Eucharistic Adoration (Part 1)
As Catholics, we receive the Eucharist during Mass. However, there is another opportunity for us to experience the Blessed Sacrament through Eucharistic adoration. The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains the importance of incorporating adoration into our prayers...
Saying “Yes” to God’s Invitation to Suffer for Love
In February of this year, I began to experience severe lower back and leg pain. It began exactly two weeks before Ash Wednesday and with it began a powerful Lenten experience that continues today. I had to totally abandon myself to God in complete surrender and...
Will My Battle for Sexual Purity Ever End?
It has been over five years since I started celebrating my delivery from the scourge of pornography. The grace and power of God poured out during my Consecration to Divine Mercy released me from the hold that pornography had on me for over 40 years. With the exception...
How Saint Joseph Is Healing My Father Wound
When I was a little girl The Waltons and Little House on the Prairie were popular on television. The kind and loving father figures on these shows made my heart ache for the kind of love I saw acted out on screen. My best friend’s father affectionately called my...
Corrine’s Testimonial
At Corrine’s house when she was a child, the refrigerator was in a separate garage. When it was dark, her seven siblings were too afraid to go out to the garage to fetch the ice cream from the fridge for dessert. But Corrine wasn’t. “I would volunteer to get the ice...
What Is Spiritual Direction and Why Does It Matter?
As I have grown in my understanding of sacred Scripture and matured in my relationship with Jesus I have come to appreciate the value of spiritual direction. As Saint Paul reminds us when he tells us, “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me” (Galatians...
Why Our Memory Is Critical for Recovery
Addictions strike at the very roots of our physical and spiritual nature. As physical beings, our lives can be full of all the pains and difficulties of animal life. Yet, we also endure suffering through our souls, intellect, and memory. As C.S. Lewis put it, we live...
The Extraordinary Benefits of Eucharistic Adoration (Part 2)
In the first article of this two-part series, I shared with you the benefits of regularly participating in an hour of Eucharistic adoration and offered some advice on how to fully experience freedom from sin, temptation, and addiction. I want to now explain how...
The Value of an Accountability Partner for Maintaining Recovery
As I began my quest to extricate myself from the addiction to pornography and habitual masturbation, my first focused attempt probably started in 2007 through an online educational program. For that program, I was set up with a coach to read my answers to the...
Dennis’s Testimonial
For many years, Dennis lived in two worlds: one that everyone knew about and one that no one but himself did. “In recovery, we talk about having two words until we get discovered and then those words come crashing together,” Dennis said. “My wife discovered my...
The Extraordinary Benefits of Eucharistic Adoration (Part 1)
As Catholics, we receive the Eucharist during Mass. However, there is another opportunity for us to experience the Blessed Sacrament through Eucharistic adoration. The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains the importance of incorporating adoration into our prayers...
Saying “Yes” to God’s Invitation to Suffer for Love
In February of this year, I began to experience severe lower back and leg pain. It began exactly two weeks before Ash Wednesday and with it began a powerful Lenten experience that continues today. I had to totally abandon myself to God in complete surrender and...
Will My Battle for Sexual Purity Ever End?
It has been over five years since I started celebrating my delivery from the scourge of pornography. The grace and power of God poured out during my Consecration to Divine Mercy released me from the hold that pornography had on me for over 40 years. With the exception...