Devotions

The next item in our “Captain’s Desk” that is essential before embarking on our journey to Everlasting Shores is the sextant. In our quest the sextant is devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] Historically, the sextant was a vital instrument in determining a seafarer’s location on the sea. He would use this tool by […]

After acquiring our “nautical chart” of Sacred Scripture, we now turn to one of the most essential items in a captain’s possession: the compass. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] Historically the compass developed over time and was eventually used as a sure guide for the seafarer who desired to know which direction he was headed.

As we embark upon this quest to “Save Our Souls,” just like any journey we need to have the necessary tools in our “Captain’s Desk” (for we are all captains of our own ships by virtue of our free-will) to ensure that we stay the course and arrive at our destination. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] First off,

Continuing this series on the GUIDEBOOK FOR THE PILGRIM SOUL, let us examine more closely the analogy of the Christian soul on a ship set forth to reach the shores of Heaven. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] First off, one of the primary sources of this analogy comes from the symbolism of water. In fact, water has always been

“[T]he symbol of a ship always delights me and helps me to bear the exile of this life. Does not the Wise Man tell us—”Life is like a ship that passeth through the waves: when it is gone by, the trace thereof cannot be found”? – Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, The Story of a Soul. [featured-image

Continuing this series on Advent, let us revisit the idea that the dawn is heralded by the sound of a horn. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] In my previous article I mentioned how Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien repeatedly connects the breaking of the dawn with the triumph of the forces of light over the armies of darkness. At the