Grace – Page 4 – Timothy Ed Moore

Riding with Ease When You are Carried by the Grace of God: Is Your Ride Hard, or Soft, or a Little of Both?

Tim Moore May 31, 2017

Book 2, CHAPTER 9: The Want of All Consolation Comment: Over the years, I studied Gōjū-ryū,Karate’. This word, Gōjū-ryū, is Okinawan Japanese for “hard-soft.” This traditional Okinawan karate features a combination of hard and soft defensive fighting principles. Imagine the…
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Adversity, Book 2, chapter 9, denial of self, Discipline, dying to self, Faith, Grace, Karate, St. Lawrence, St. Sixtus

Where Have You Put Him? The Fourteenth Station: Jesus Is Laid in the Tomb

Tim Moore April 14, 2017

The Fourteenth Station: Jesus Is Laid in the Tomb Reflection: Joseph of Aramathea took the body of Jesus, and wrapping it in a clean linen cloth he laid it in his new tomb, which he had hewn out of rock. Then…
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Adversity, death, Grace, grave, Psalms, Stations of The Cross, Works of Mercy

Jesus is Laid in the Tomb, The Fourteenth Station

What Happens When I Put God Ahead of Created Things?

Tim Moore May 22, 2016

Book 3, Chapter 31 Comment: What Happens When I Put God Ahead of Created Things? Thomas calls upon us to strip ourselves of the creations that have sunk their teeth into us. We can only do this with grace, and…
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corruption, denial of self, Discipline, dying to self, God, Grace, Holy Spirit, knowledge, Peace, Soul, Timeline, Vice, virtue, Wisdom

Creation

Why Do We Want to Be Consoled, Anyway?

Tim Moore April 30, 2016

Book 2, CHAPTER IX: Of The Want of All Consolation In this chapter, good Thomas takes us out of our comfort zone by explaining how we love comfort, consolation, softness and the easy route. And while there is nothing intrinsically wrong…
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Book 2, chapter 9, Comfort, Consolation, Faith, Grace, Satan, St. Lawrence, St. Sixtus, Temptation, Timeline, virtue