By James T. Majewski, Catholic Culture, April 24, 2021
James T. Majewski is Director of Customer Relations for CatholicCulture.org, the host and “voice” of Catholic Culture Audiobooks, and co-host of Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast. A film and voice actor based in New York City, he holds a BA in Philosophy and an MFA in Acting. See full bio.
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“Sickness is the acid test of spirituality, because it discloses whether our virtue is real or sham.”
If with the first three chapters, St. Alphonsus makes the case for obedience to God—the excellence of this virtue, and that man’s ultimate happiness derives from it—in these chapters, St. Alphonsus gets practical, turning his attention to those instances where obedience to God can sometimes be especially difficult.
In particular, he focuses on our susceptibility to sickness, and stresses the importance of obedience to God’s will in times of infirmity. …