“Every time I say 'no' to a small temptation, I strengthen my will to say 'no' to…” — Mother Angelica

My life is such a contradiction. My soul yearns for holiness and then runs from the mortification necessary to attain it.

Is detachment the answer to freedom? No, because detachment is negative - it is to be without. The answer must be positive - I must replace what I have with something better.

Today's man of the world proclaims that sin, and his enterprising in sin, are a part of modern living, but it is not modern. It goes back to Adam and Eve - to desire and the temptation to know - to experience evil.

God knows Himself and every created thing perfectly. Not a blade of grass or the tiniest insect escapes His eye.