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The Spiritual Life, Episode 7: Abandonment to Divine Providence (Part 2) On this month's episode of The Spiritual Life, we continue from last month's episode with Part 2 of the subject of Abandonment to Divine Providence. The essence of sanctity is the love of God, and the love of God is essentially the conformity, or union, of our will with God’s holy will. God’s will is manifested to us positive...

The Spiritual Life, Episode 6: Abandonment to Divine Providence (Part 1) The essence of sanctity is the love of God, and the love of God is essentially the conformity, or union, of our will with God’s holy will. God’s will is manifested to us positively in His signified will – commandments, evangelicals counsels, duties of our state in life, etc. – and also in His permissive will, namely, Divine P...

The Canonization of Vatican II Well, here we are. The day that changes everything in the traditional Catholic movement - the "canonization" of Angelo Roncalli and Karol Wojtyla, also known as "Pope" John XXIII and "Pope" John Paul II. We have reached an event in history that has only been rivaled by Vatican Council II and the introduction of the Novus Ordo Missae of Paul VI. Today's events are of...

The Spiritual Life, Episode 5: The Indwelling of the Holy Ghost Like a tender father, Our Divine Savior told His Apostles before His glorious Ascension into Heaven: “I will not leave you orphans: I will come to you…Yet a little while and the world seeth me no more. But you see me: because I live, and you shall live.” Our Lord said that it was expedient for them that He go. Our Lord would depart fr...

The Spiritual Life, Episode 4: The Resurrection of Our Lord & Sanctifying Grace In this fourth episode of The Spiritual Life, we begin by talking about the great mystery of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. This is the central doctrine of Catholicism and is a compendium of the Faith – embracing within the whole plan of redemption. If our Blessed Savior, after His glorious triumph over dea...

The Spiritual Life, Episode 2: Doctrinal Foundations of the Spiritual Life (Part 2) In this second Episode of The Spiritual Life, we continue discussing Father Edward Leen’s book The Holy Ghost and His Work in Souls (1935). As we move into the second chapter dealing with the Holy Ghost Himself, we will deal with the great mystery of the Most Holy Trinity, the greatest mystery of our holy Catholic...

The Spiritual Life, Episode 3: The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ For this the third Episode of The Spiritual Life, we will take a break from commenting directly on Father Leen’s book The Holy Ghost and His Work in Souls. Instead, since we are in the holy season of Lent, we will discuss the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ in relation to our own spiritual life. Again, we will use Father Leen’s w...

The Spiritual Life, Episode 1: Doctrinal Foundations of the Spiritual Life (Part 1) It has already been said that the supernatural life of the soul must be firmly established on the solid basis of Catholic dogma. Our life must be based on truth. When tempted in the desert, Christ refuted Satan by quoting the book of Deuteronomy: “Not on bread alone doth man live, but by every word that proceedeth...

The Spiritual Life, Episode 0: Introduction Show Far too often today, Catholics neglect or simply fail to begin making progress in the spiritual life due to lack of knowledge in this essential and foundational aspect of their Catholic faith. New for Season 3 of Restoration Radio, host Nicholas Wansbutter and Father Bernard Uttley, O.S.B., pastor of Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church in Lond...