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Discernment in an Age of Disorder Ordering the Soul in an Age of Counterfeits Episode VII Restoration: The Renewal of the Soul and the Hope Continue reading The post Discernment in an Age of Disorder Ordering the Soul in an Age of Counterfeits Eps VII appeared first on Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective.

Discernment in an Age of Disorder Ordering the Soul in an Age of Counterfeits Episode VI Counterfeits: False Transcendence in an Age of Disorder Episode Continue reading The post Discernment in an Age of Disorder Ordering the Soul in an Age of Counterfeits Eps VI appeared first on Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective.

Discernment in an Age of Disorder Ordering the Soul in an Age of Counterfeits Episode V Discernment: How the Soul Learns to See Episode Thesis Continue reading The post Discernment in an Age of Disorder Ordering the Soul in an Age of Counterfeits Eps V appeared first on Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective.

Discernment in an Age of Disorder Ordering the Soul in an Age of Counterfeits Episode IV Vanity: The Performance of the Self Episode Thesis When Continue reading The post Discernment in an Age of Disorder Ordering the Soul in an Age of Counterfeits Eps IV appeared first on Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective.

Discernment in an Age of Disorder Ordering the Soul in an Age of Counterfeits Sensuality: When Appetite Rules the Soul Karen Opening Reflection In our Continue reading The post Discernment in an Age of Disorder Ordering the Soul in an Age of Counterfeits Eps III appeared first on Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective.

Discernment in an Age of Disorder Ordering the Soul in an Age of Counterfeits Pride: When Intellect Revolts Against Truth Karen Opening Reflection Pride is Continue reading The post Discernment in an Age of Disorder Ordering the Soul in an Age of Counterfeits Eps II appeared first on Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective.

Series Thesis Civilizations reflect the spiritual condition of the human person. When intellect, appetite, and love become disordered, discernment weakens and counterfeits replace truth, beauty, Continue reading The post Discernment in an Age of Disorder Ordering the Soul in an Age of Counterfeits Eps I appeared first on Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective.

Final Synthesis: The Same Response We have now traced a path across different lives, different places, and different conditions. What remains is to name clearly Continue reading The post The Holy Face of Christ and the Work of Reparation Episode VIII appeared first on Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective.

Conchita: The Response Lived in the World We have now seen the same response appear in two Carmelite lives, hidden, enclosed, and shaped within the Continue reading The post The Holy Face of Christ and the Work of Reparation Episode VII appeared first on Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective.

Convergence: Thérèse and the Same Response We have now seen a work entrusted, restrained, and clarified within a particular place and through a particular soul. Continue reading The post The Holy Face of Christ and the Work of Reparation Episode VI appeared first on Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective.

Discernment, Timing, and the Church We have now seen the moment in which a work is entrusted. It was not sought. It was not constructed. Continue reading The post The Holy Face of Christ and the Work of Reparation Episode V appeared first on Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective.

The Moment of Entrustment We have now seen the formation of the soul. What remains is the moment when something is entrusted to it. That Continue reading The post The Holy Face of Christ and the Work of Reparation Episode IV appeared first on Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective.

Sister Mary of St. Peter: The Soul and the Life This show now turns from the historical moment to the person through whom the response Continue reading The post The Holy Face of Christ and the Work of Reparation Episode III appeared first on Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective.

This show is not a book report, nor is it simply a biography of Sister Mary of St. Peter. What we are doing here is Continue reading The post The Holy Face of Christ and the Work of Reparation Episode I appeared first on Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective.

My heartfelt prayer tonight is for every member of my family to find Jesus while there is still time. Heavenly Father, You see every face Continue reading The post PARENT’S PRAYER FOR CHILDREN’S FAITH appeared first on Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective.

Conclusion The Soul Reordered for Joy At the beginning of this journey, we said that the Beatitudes are not moral ideals but descriptions of a Continue reading The post The Beatitudes: The Reordering of the Soul A Thomistic Formation through Lent to Easter Eps X appeared first on Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective.

IX. Blessed Are Those Who Are Persecuted for Righteousness’ Sake Fortitude and Joy Under Trial Beatitude Text “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ Continue reading The post The Beatitudes: The Reordering of the Soul A Thomistic Formation through Lent to Easter Eps IX appeared first on Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective.

VIII. Blessed Are the Peacemakers Order Restored Within and Without Beatitude Text “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” Matthew Continue reading The post The Beatitudes: The Reordering of the Soul A Thomistic Formation through Lent to Easter Eps VIII appeared first on Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective.

VII. Blessed Are the Pure in Heart Interior Unity and the Vision of God Beatitude Text “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall Continue reading The post The Beatitudes: The Reordering of the Soul A Thomistic Formation through Lent to Easter Eps VII appeared first on Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective.

EPISODE 9 — Pulling the Arc Together Purpose: Synthesis and orientation Function: Closure without dilution Reader Orientation Isaiah 13-27 should be read as a unified argument rather Continue reading The post God’s Judgment of the Whole World – Why Judgment Must Precede Joy (Isaiah 13–27) Epis IX appeared first on Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective.

VI. Blessed Are the Merciful Charity in Action Beatitude Text “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.” Matthew 5:7 Aquinas: Virtue and Gift Continue reading The post The Beatitudes: The Reordering of the Soul A Thomistic Formation through Lent to Easter Eps VI appeared first on Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective.