Secret Harbour - Portus Secretioris

Rejoice, because you have escaped the various dangers and shipwrecks of the stormy world. Rejoice, because you have reached the quiet and safe anchorage of a secret harbour. <> Saint Bruno's letter to his sons the Carthusians

31 August 2009

Letting Go and LETTING GOD

In today’s Second Reading from the Office of Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours are very beautiful words borrowed from The Imitation of ...

29 August 2009

The Carthusian Order and Saint John the Baptist

The beautiful artwork for this post is attributed to Jan Provoost, a mid-to-late fifteenth and early sixteenth century Flemish painter. In t...

In Passione Sancti Ioannis Baptistæ

O house of Zachary greeted with a voice The barren one’s infant leaps in her womb Reproach removed, thy child doth rejoice ‘Tis the Ark, car...

28 August 2009

The Secret of All Prayer

Here, Dom Augustin Guillerand teaches us something about entering the chamber, shutting the door, and praying to our heavenly Father in secr...

27 August 2009

ἀληθής

The title of this post is a Greek word which transliterated appears as alethes . It’s an important word in the New Testament. It translates ...

26 August 2009

The Troubling Times We Live In

Jesus said: “The Son of Man, when He comes, do you think He shall find faith on earth?” ( Luke 18:8 ). The late Father John Hardon, S.J., th...

24 August 2009

The Holy Spirit Works in Mysterious Ways

Many of us have a story to tell when it comes to how we got to where we are today in our Catholic faith. My story has no big WOWS or miracul...

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