Kresta in the Afternoon – November 21, 2019 – Hour 2
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+ Overcoming Spiritual Discouragement (2 segments)
- Description: We've all experienced some form of spiritual discouragement. And the devil exploits this, trying time and again to lead us into an overwhelming sense of disturbance. Fr Timothy Gallagher joins us to pull back the curtain on these false attempts with gentle reflections can can lighten the burdens of everyday spiritual life.
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Fr. Timothy Gallagher
Fr Timothy Gallagher is the author of several books, most recently Overcoming Spiritual Discouragement: The Wisdom and Spiritual Power of Venerable Bruno Lanteri. He served for ten years as provincial superior of his Catholic religious congregation, the Oblates of the Virgin Mary. Visit frtimothygallagher.org
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Overcoming Spiritual Discouragement: The Wisdom and Spiritual Power of Venerable Bruno Lanteri
With warmth, understanding, and pastoral skill, Fr. Timothy Gallagher provides here a hopeful invitation to all who struggle to overcome the greatest obstacle of all in the spiritual life discouragement. Our enemy actively exploits our vulnerabilities, shrewdly leading us time and again into an overwhelming sense of disturbance. But Fr. Gallagher pulls the curtain back on the wiles of the devil, offering gentle reflections that are remarkably effective in lightening the burdens of your day-to-day spiritual life. You'll learn practical ways to find peace amid your spiritual struggles, and patience in the face of even the most intense trials. Best of all, you'll learn how to profit spiritually from the afflictions that beset you. Each reflection in these pages begins with a quotation by Venerable Bruno Lanteri, the holy founder of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary, whose wisdom has guided the uncommonly insightful spirituality of Fr. Gallagher. In these pages, you will learn:
- What to do when you have reached the point of despair
- How to evade sadness, melancholy, and temptation
- Ways you can be joyful even when you do not feel mirth
- How to leave the sins, weaknesses, and failures of your past to God's mercy
- How to recognize the enemy, even when he presents himself under the appearance of good
- How to recognize the enemy, even when he presents himself under the appearance of good
- What is holy presumption, why you want it, and how to get it
- The five benefits you'll derive from regular Confession
- How each part of the Mass corresponds to an affection of the heart
- Proven techniques for waging warfare against negative moods
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+ Ohio Nurses Back Assisted Suicide
- Description: The Ohio Nurses Association, a union with 11,000 members, recently endorsed legalizing assisted suicide and committed itself to "educating the public about medical aid in dying, supporting legislation to protect the rights of dying patients to control the circumstances of their death and providing resources to nurses about the nurse's role in caring for patients requesting medical aid in dying." We take a look at the story with Dr Ashley Fernandes.
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Dr. Ashley Fernandes
Ashley K. Fernandes, MD, PhD, is the Associate Director of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
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A Place Of Peace – November 14, 2020