The Beautiful Gate

Well, it's sorta the country. I mean, we have a septic tank. Does that qualify as "country living"? (Which I think needs empty...

My original intention was to get all the posts on the seven deadly sins up before Christmas but it looks like this will be impossible due to...

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons  I prefer the term wrath rather than anger when speaking of this deadly sin. Wrath denotes a form of ...

Anger, also known as wrath, is the deadly sin I'm tackling this week. This capital sin is one I've struggled with over the past ten...

Sabbath Moments is a weekly meme hosted by Colleen at Thoughts on Grace . Come check out Colleen's site and read some of the other Sabb...

Envy is sorrow when faced with the talents, gifts, material goods and blessings of others. Envy isn't looking at others and noticing the...

As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man.                                             St. John Chrysostom St. Thomas Aquinas...

A few years back I wouldn't have written these posts on the seven deadly sins one right after the other. I think I probably would have b...

This week I am trying to root out greed, also known as avarice . Though it cannot be overcome in a week, simply being aware that greed may ...

Hieronymus Bosch: Gluttony I have to admit that I don't know as much about gluttony as I thought I did. Most of the information ...

Yes, sloth makes it harder to implement the remedies that need to be applied to tackle other sins. This week I am working on the sin of gl...

Sabbath Moments is a weekly meme hosted by Colleen at Thoughts on Grace . These are the moments we "let go and let God" and live i...

Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons "We would like to get back to our innocence and joy, but they are cold and sepulchered."    ...

I titled this post  Knowing God, Knowing Ourselves because the two walk hand in hand. Sin prevents us from knowing God as much as we should...

Many thanks to Jennifer at Faith and Family Connections  for passing this award on to me! I loved this badge! I'm a frequent visitor ...