The Spiritual Vineyard

Our Need for Purgatory / It is no easy matter to be the friend of Jesus Christ. Saint John of Avila

How to Face the Storms in Life / God will lead you safely through all things. Saint Francis de Sales

The Peace Jesus Gives / God has ordained an exact balance between what we have to do and the necessary strength to do it. Don Augustine Guillerand, O. Carthusian

Come to Call Sinners / You must not be discouraged if Our Lord lets you see a little of your misery. From a letter by Blessed Columba Marmion

The Source of Jesus’ Authority / Even God can not fill what is already full. Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Drinking the Cup of Christ / Sometimes the Lord gives us a small part of His pain on the Cross. Mother Elvira Petrozzi

Silence after Communion / “Let him who has no sin cast the first stone.” Father Richard Veras

A Method for Turning the Other Cheek / When you can not rid yourself of pin-pricking vexations, repeat this prayer interiorly. Father Jean-Pierre De Caussade, S.J.

Taking Up Our Cross / Without crosses in our life we cannot expect to attain to an eminent degree of holiness. Father Jean-Nicolas Grou, S.J.

The Joy of Angels / The sin of the Angels was not accepting the future prospect of the Incarnation of the Word. Cardinal Jean Danielou

Living the New Commandment / I must always reflect when I see the faults of others, how weak I am myself. Lucie Christine, 1908

The Storm and Our Faith / Jesus wants to teach His disciples to bear life’s adversities courageously. Pope Benedict Emeritus XVI

Invocation 12 - Heart of Jesus, Most Worthy of All Praise Jesus loved us more than words could express, and He desired to give us a picture of His love.

Invocation 11 - Part IV, How a Soul Arrives at True Detachment from self Love for Jesus is the motive and driving force of all you do

Invocation 11 - Part III, Effects of Obedience They died to self, and rose for God

Invocation 11 - Part II, Unity in the Spiritual Life Many love God and serve Him, but not according to His Will, but according to their own

Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted / The Lord taught His disciples the way of life which makes one truly happy. The Values of the Kingdom of God are quite different from and even contrary to the values of the world.

Blessed are the Poor in Spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven / The Lord taught His disciples the way of life which makes one truly happy. The Values of the Kingdom of God are quite different from and even contrary to the values of the world.

Invocation 11 - Heart of Jesus, Abyss of all Virtues / One thing is necessary - Love God and glorify Him by spending yourself for your neighbor's sanctification

Invocation 10 - Heart of Jesus, full of Goodness and Love / Suppose Our Lord had given up His work after He found it so hard to lead us out of sin!

Invocation 9 - Heart of Jesus, Abode of Justice and Love / We cannot be just in the strictest degree because we are always cheating God out of some praise

Invocation 8 - Heart of Jesus, Burning Furnace of Charity / Christ's death on the Cross proves that His Heart is a burning furnace of love

Invocation 7 - Heart of Jesus, House of God and Gate of Heaven / In God's House there is always praise and thanksgiving ascending like incense to the Throne of God

Invocation 6 - Heart of Jesus, Tabernacle of the Most High God's joy was to dwell amongst men and He showed His people by His nearness that He loved them

Invocation 5 - Heart of Jesus, Sacred Temple of God Wherever the Divine Nature is, there must be also the Father and the Holy Spirit because they cannot be separated from the Divine Nature.

Invocation 4 - Heart of Jesus, of Infinite Majesty When you make the genuflection, make a good one externally and internally

Invocation 3 - Heart of Jesus, Substantially United to the Word of God / Two pure and perfect natures belong to the same Person and this union is called a Hypostatic Union

Invocation 2 - Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Spirit in the Womb of the Virgin Mother Mary is the only creature who became a blood relative of one of the three Divine Persons, and related by affinity to the other two.

Invocation 1 - Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father Only in Eternity shall we see Him, and only then will we be able to stand the beauty of that vision of the Eternal Father and His well-beloved Son Who lives in Him

Chapter 2 - Co-operation is the essential condition for living our life

Chapter 1 - Have I grown familiar with the Voice of my Triune God?