“Open, Lord, my mouth to bless your holy name; cleanse my heart from all empty, evil, or distracting thoughts; enlighten my mind, enkindle my heart, that I may recite this Office worthily, attentively, and devoutly, and may merit to be… — Timothy M. Gallagher Copy Share Image
“Simply in focusing our attention on the “enemy” Ignatius is rendering us a great service. To be unaware that we can expect resistance when… — Timothy M. Gallagher Copy Share Image
“If we could lift the veil and if we watched with vigilant attention, God would endlessly reveal himself to us and we should see… — Timothy M. Gallagher Copy Share Image
“in time of desolation never make a change, but be firm and constant in the proposals and determination in which one was the day… — Timothy M. Gallagher Copy Share Image
“As John of the Cross writes so simply: “On this journey, we must always continue to walk if we are to arrive.” — Timothy M. Gallagher Copy Share Image
“Open, Lord, my mouth to bless your holy name; cleanse my heart from all empty, evil, or distracting thoughts; enlighten my mind, enkindle my… — Timothy M. Gallagher Copy Share Image
“Only when we learn experientially the truth that there is a “light that shines in the darkness” (John 1:5), and that to be “within”… — Timothy M. Gallagher Copy Share Image
“In rule 2 it is now the enemy who stirs up an unsettling “biting” movement in the hearts of those seeking God.2 Such dedicated… — Timothy M. Gallagher Copy Share Image
“in persons entrenched in serious sin the enemy ordinarily works on the imagination. He fills such persons’ imagination with images of “sensual delights and… — Timothy M. Gallagher Copy Share Image
