A reader sent the following “signs of spiritual growth” that she got from a 12-step-program buddy. The list is a fun way…
12 Signs of Spiritual Growth
Posts Tagged: gratitude
My Wavy Line to Holiness
I came crashing into the Catholic Church in 1990, two years after reading St. Thérèse of Lisieux’s autobiography, The Story of a…
Advent: Thanking God Ahead of Time
My pastor once said that Advent is a time of gratitude “for the gift to come.” “Thank God ahead of time” is…
Helping You Celebrate Your Mother
Mother’s Day is next Sunday. Sure, it’s originally the idea of the greeting card companies, but there can be no downside to…
Don’t Forget the Good Stuff
Am I the only one who thought that the nightly examination of conscience was supposed to be a list of everything I…
Don’t Need Virtue??
Gem from last Sunday “Don’t try to protect yourself against God by thinking you need to know how to [pray] or being…
My Guardian Angel is Awesome, Especially When I’m Not
Everyone has one, but sometimes they go unappreciated. Some people have two or three, but I have just one—with bags under his…
Advent: Thanking God Ahead of Time
My pastor said today that Advent is a time of gratitude “for the gift to come.” “Thank God ahead of time” is…
Can Gratitude Change Your Brain?
I love bringing the mystical (our “big why”) and the practical (our “how-to”) together for you at Virtue Connection. An alert reader…
God vs. Godzilla
Fear is the enemy of virtue. Some fear is useful — keeping ahead of a grizzly bear or a tsunami helps us survive. But…
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