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

05 October 2009

First Vespers for the Solemnity of Saint Bruno

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Keep in mind dear readers, that Vespers is chanted in Latin at most Charterhouses. Thus, the English below is nothing "official" b...

03 October 2009

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

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First Reading, Genesis 2:18-24 One's interior life can be measured by how one responds to the first four words of this Reading. Certainl...

The Zeal of a Prophet Calling All Priests

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In this “Year for Priests” surely many prayers like burning incense have risen to the Throne of Grace and Glory. Saint Louis Marie de Montfo...

01 October 2009

No Fruitfulness Without Suffering

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Saint Thérèse of Lisieux wrote and spoke words which were nothing short of spectacular expressions of love. If we visually learned how to su...

30 September 2009

May the Devil Always Find You Occupied

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Today’s post on this Feast of Saint Jerome focuses on a portion of an epistle which Jerome wrote to Saint Rusticus of Narbonne. The letter’s...

29 September 2009

They Enjoy the Intangible Presence and Vision of God

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At the Carthusian night Office, the monks on this Feast of the Archangels were blessed to hear the most edifying words of Saint Bernard of C...

26 September 2009

Scriptural Typology and Our Blessed Lady

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God’s harmony in creating the universe mysteriously foresaw the need for a Redeemer and His helper, the Blessed Virgin Mary. Sacred Scriptur...

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