Br. Philip Nolan, O.P., on Becoming Spiritually Ambidextrous

"Saint Paul often distinguishes between desires of the flesh and desires of the spirit, between those desires that entangle us with sin and those that draw us to God. These are at war within us, such that often we feel like St. Paul, who says 'I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do' (Rom 7:19). Despite our repeated failures to do the good, our felt need to 'seek peace and pursue it' (Ps 34:14) spurs us to look for some sort of resolution. 

"John Cassian, whose Conferences were among St. Dominic's favorite reading, writes that we can pursue this interior peace by becoming spiritually ambidextrous. What does he mean? . . ."

In a recent commentary, Brother Philip Nolan, O.P., reflected on the of and the process of becoming spiritually ambidextrous.

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Dominicana: Spiritually Ambidextrous (23 JAN 19)