Cackles Corner The Lords Ranch Community

  This is the last in a series of talks on St. Ignatius of Loyola’s “Rules for discernment of spirits” that I gave. Rule #14 – St. Ignatius gives us an example of what the enemy is like and applies it to the spiritual life: in this case, an astute military captain who studies the walled […]

Rule #13 – St. Ignatius gives us an example of what the enemy is like and applies it to the spiritual life: in this case, a false lover who wants the young girl or married woman to keep his seductions secret. St. Ignatius counsels how important it is to bring our doubts, temptations and struggles to […]

“…the enemy characteristically weakens, loses courage, and flees with his temptations when the person engaged in spiritual endeavors stands bold and unyielding against the enemy’s temptations and goes exactly opposite them. But if, in contrast, that person begins to fear and lose courage in the face of the temptations, there is no beast on the […]

  “Let him who is consoled see to humbling himself and lowering himself as much as he can, thinking how little he is able for in the time of desolation without such grace or consolation. On the contrary, let him who is in desolation think that he can do much with the grace sufficient to […]

As a good parent, God the Father wants to bless us and keep us safe. He gave us the 10 commandments to follow for that reason. As we obey what God revealed for us to do, we are protected and live a blessed life. It can be boiled down to 2 commandments: 1) love God […]

Rocks = stubborn human beings who are difficult, or hard situations that won’t change. Two important principles: We are not fighting human beings — Ephesians 6:12 says this clearly. God CAN. God can do it. That sounds so simple If we’re going to come against the rocks in our lives, we have to prepare for […]