I wanted to wish a good day, full of meaning and hope to my readers, all seekers of meaning, travelers in the Spirit, as I like to call them in my books, so that they continue their life’s journey, always asking the right questions, rather than looking for sure answers. Let’s move forward together! Valerio Albisetti
Read MoreTHE STRENGTH, POWER, AND SCOPE OF ALBISETTIAN SPIRITUALITY
Christian spirituality, which originates from the Holy Spirit, is Divine strength and power at work. God, by His free choice, created man with moral qualities, a spiritual dimension bound up with faith, various gifts, and the power to create (Genesis 1:26) so that man could imitate Him within his human limits. Strength, power, and a personal, spiritual dimension result from daily, individual Bible study, the necessary nutrition for the spiritual person (John 4:34), which...
Read MoreKEEPING YOUR SPIRITUALITY AT A HIGH LEVEL
You never acquire spirituality once and for all. It needs to be looked after, cultivated and kept at a high level with constant attention in order not to lose it. The world runs along on its own way and changes at an ever more rapid pace. In its changes it doesn’t take God or His values into account. In order not to be unwittingly attracted by the events around us and to maintain at a high level our own spirituality, which we consider a treasure, we need God’s Word, ready...
Read MoreTHE PERSPICACITY AND PERSEVERANCE OF THE SPIRITUAL PERSON
Perspicacity means seeing what’s behind words and appearances, taking the long view of things, and seeing them clearly and lucidly. The opposite of perspicacity is willful blindness. Jesus gave us magnificent examples of perspicacity in the Scribes and Pharisees (Matthew 23:27 and Matthew 6:16), and in the Rich Man (Matthew 21:22), and He also gave us an overflowing fountain of suggestions on how to practice it. The spiritual man knows how to pose questions and make...
Read MoreTHE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN
The starting point on the spiritual journey is ineluctably one’s realization that he has been created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27), and that God has given human beings free will, i.e., the possibility of choosing between good and evil, life and death, divine blessing or curse (Deuteronomy 30: 15, 19, 20), and urges him to choose life, listens to him, having already told him not to trust in his own intelligence, but in all things to recognize the hand of God and to...
Read MoreALBISETTI Writer-Essayist: TOWARD AWARENESS
ALBISETTI Writer-Essayist: TOWARD AWARENESS This new title is just out in Italian bookstores: VERSO LA CONSAPEVOLEZZA / TOWARD AWARENESS ed. Paoline by VALERIO ALBISETTI
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