I’ve been learning some profound lessons from the book He and I by Gabrielle Bossis. One of the lessons I recently learned is about how to deal with irrelevant or bad thoughts and temptations. Jesus tells Gabrielle to view all unimportant thoughts and distractions like flies that she should swat…

Recently I’ve been reading the book He and I by Gabrielle Bossis and I’ve been more inspired and enlightened by the words of Jesus in that book than pretty much any other book I can think of. I realized something after reading He and I last night. Jesus told Gabrielle…

Today at Eucharistic adoration I had the following thoughts. I often remember a quote Fr David shared by one of the desert fathers about how we should try to never focus on our suffering or the details of our problems. No matter how bad they are or how scared of…

I started reading the first volume of the writings of Luisa Piccarreta last night, and almost immediately I was enlightened and learned an…

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sTi-SXAVjHI Why being different and lonely are part of God’s plan for our lives I recently watched the video above about the life of Luisa Piccarreta. I think Emma and I could learn a lot from it. The priest says Luisa was attacked so much by the devil in her early childhood because he knew God had big plans for her life. I…

Recently I’ve been struggling with discerning what God wants me to do with my thoughts. Should I keep sharing them here? Should I keep them to myself? I’ve reached the point where I really don’t want any kind of attention or compliments because I’ve struggled so much to overcome my…

I think I understand a little better what Jesus meant when He told Marcel He wanted to rest in his heart. I think it’s what I’m learning from my relationship with Emma. I’m almost constantly suffering, and at some point I need a break in order to prevent myself from…

One thing I learned from my conflict with Emma last night is that I’m still selfish. I’m glad I made the mistake of mentioning something that was unnecessary and that angered her because it reminded me that I’m still selfish. Sometimes I think I forget that if I’ve changed at…

I just realized how living in the Divine Will can help me become humble. I’ve always struggled with pride, especially when I do something good for someone or accomplish anything that I can receive praise or credit for. But if I live the way Jesus asked Luisa Piccarreta to live…