The Spiritual Life

Growing in prayer and in the interior life, in the school of the saints: mental prayer and meditation, lectio divina, the daily examen, spiritual combat and mortification, The Imitation of Christ — and what God says to the soul in anxiety, anger or depression.

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The Daily Examen: The Examen Prayer of St Ignatius

The examen prayer of St Ignatius of Loyola in five points — thanksgiving, petition for light, review of the day, contrition, resolution — prayed at noon and at night. General and particular examen, and how it differs from the examination of conscience before Confession.

Iter Fidei October 23, 2026

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What Does the Church Teach About Anger?

What does the Bible say about anger? Is anger a sin? The Church distinguishes righteous anger from the capital sin of wrath. 'Be angry and sin not' — the remedy is meekness.

Iter Fidei September 5, 2026

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What Does God Say About Anger?

What does God say about anger? Scripture condemns sinful wrath, one of the seven capital sins, yet permits righteous indignation. The remedy is meekness and patience.

Iter Fidei September 3, 2026

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What Does God Say About Temptation?

What does God say about temptation? That it is not sin but the testing-ground of virtue. We give the Douay-Rheims, the catechisms, and how to resist temptation by prayer, the sacraments, flight, and vigilance.

Iter Fidei September 2, 2026

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What Does God Say About Obedience?

What does God say about obedience? Scripture is plain: "obedience is better than sacrifices" (1 Kings xv. 22). We give the Douay-Rheims text, the Church's teaching, and the one limit — never obey a command to sin.

Iter Fidei September 1, 2026

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The Spiritual Combat

Catholic spiritual warfare is the interior battle of every soul against the world, the flesh, and the devil — waged with four weapons: distrust of self, confidence in God, the right use of the faculties, and prayer.

Iter Fidei August 24, 2026

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What Does God Say About Me?

What does God say about me? That you are made in His image, known and loved before you were formed, a sinner redeemed by the Blood of Christ, and called to be a saint. Your worth is not self-assertion but the truth that you are God's — created, loved, redeemed, and called to conversion.

Iter Fidei August 21, 2026

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What Does God Say About Fear?

What does God say about fear? "Fear not" — His most repeated command: "Fear not, for I am with thee" (Isaias xli). We give the traditional Catholic reading from the Douay-Rheims: the worldly fear charity casts out, and the holy fear of the Lord that is the beginning of wisdom.

Iter Fidei August 20, 2026

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What Does God Say About Loneliness?

God's answer to loneliness in the Douay-Rheims: 'I will not leave you orphans' (John xiv. 18) and 'I am with you all days' (Matt xxviii. 20). The Bible verses for loneliness, why feeling alone is real, and the remedies the Church gives — prayer, the Real Presence, the communion of saints.

Iter Fidei August 13, 2026

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How to Find God: Seeking and Finding the Living God

How to find God: Our Lord answers the seeker directly — "Seek, and you shall find." We show where God is truly found — in the Church He founded, in the sacraments, in prayer and Scripture, in the poor — and lead the convert, the lapsed, and the searcher home.

Iter Fidei August 10, 2026

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Mental Prayer and Catholic Meditation

Mental prayer is prayer made with the mind alone — a raising of the soul to God in thought, affection, and resolution. Here is what Catholic meditation is, a simple traditional method, and its place in the interior life.

Iter Fidei August 5, 2026

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How to Meditate with God: Christian Meditation

How to meditate with God according to the Catholic tradition: the method of St Francis de Sales and St Ignatius — preparation, consideration, affections, resolution — what to meditate on, how long, and how Christian meditation differs from mindfulness.

Iter Fidei July 10, 2026