Spiritual

https://youtu.be/WG4RR1s80po By Nathaniel Richards Many of us go about our lives in a state of constant motion. We’re always on the go doing errands or the like, thinking that whatever we’re doing is rather important. However, most of this ongoing hustle and bustle to meet our material needs—feeding our kids, paying our bills, gassing up our cars—helps create a distraction. … [Read more...] about To Die is Gain

By Nathaniel Richards At the beginning I said there were Personalities in God. I will go further now. There are no real personalities anywhere else. Until you have given up your self to Him you will not have a real self. Sameness is to be found most among the most ‘natural’ men, not among those who surrender to Christ. How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and … [Read more...] about A Dazzling Array of Splendor

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 By Nathaniel Richards I am not an expert nor am I a spiritual master. However, I hope to be found a disciple of Jesus Christ despite my many personal failings and grievous sins. It is because I have fallen many times and must be humble in my pursuit not to fall again,  that I feel I can tell you about the general process of getting back up again. … [Read more...] about “A Spiritual 2×4 to the Face” – A Few Words on Fasting, pt. 4

Part 1 Part 2 By Nathaniel Richards Notes from The Didache There is a short document from the first century which was a liturgical manual of sorts called The Didache, or The Teaching of the Twelve (Apostles, that is). I refer to it because I believe it is a handy primer/quick reference to what the earliest of Christians were doing and expected to do concerning fasting and … [Read more...] about A Few Words on Fasting, Pt. 3

Editor’s note: for most Traditional Catholics, this week marks the September Embertide, which is a week which includes fasting and penance on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Read more about this custom here. By Nathaniel Richards Three Words to Keep in Mind If we are squeamish about fasting, it is because it is a sacrificial behavior, which means something gets killed. … [Read more...] about A Few Words on Fasting Pt. 2