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

04 January 2010

Rapt in Admiration of the Divine Majesty

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Across the Catholic globe, many celebrated the feast of the Epiphany yesterday, while others will do so two days from now on 6 January. Here...

02 January 2010

The Most Holy Name of Jesus

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Below are teachings from a series by Saint Cyril of Jerusalem titled the “Mystagogical Catecheses” which is a series of instructions given t...

Goodness must be poured out and sent beyond Itself

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Today is the feast of Saint Basil the Great and Saint Gregory of Nazianzen. Below are words from Saint Gregory of Nazianzen and his “Oratio ...

01 January 2010

Sancta Dei Genitrix

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Below are words taken from homilies on the Dormition of Mary by Germanus of Constantinople. He was the subject of a Wednesday General Audien...

31 December 2009

He's captured me, forever I'm in chains

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The poem below was written by a beautiful Carmelite soul – Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity. She wrote it for Christmas – the Christmas of 1...

30 December 2009

O Truly Incarnate Wisdom!

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Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, in this homily extracted from a Christmas sermon, speaks of things that might surprise you at first. He says, “L...

29 December 2009

The True Marks and Qualities of the Elect

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The words below are excerpted from a homily by the fourteenth-century German Dominican theologian and mystic, Johannes Tauler. In this parti...

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