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

30 June 2010

It is Consummated

To conclude the month of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, two Carthusians are featured: first, Dom Antonio de Molina, a Spaniard who was Prio...

29 June 2010

The Twin Light of the Eyes of the Body

On this Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, here is an appropriate homily by Saint Leo the Great. When the twelve Apostles, after receiving ...

28 June 2010

Franz Liszt: The Blessings of God in Solitude

26 June 2010

Firm, Tender, Wise and Humble

Today on the Carthusian calendar is the feast of Saint Anthelm. A Carthusian monk tells us about him: Anthelm of Chignin was born into a nob...

25 June 2010

The man of Providence

Today on the Carthusian calendar is the feast of Blessed John of Spain. Here’s what a Carthusian monk tells us about Blessed John: Blessed J...

24 June 2010

You knit me in my mother's womb

This reflection was delivered three years ago on the Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist by the Pontifical Household Preacher, Fat...

23 June 2010

Vigil of the Birth of the Baptizer

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...

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