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 September 2010

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 2010

Our Heavenly Consolers

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At Matins the Carthusians, on this feast of the Archangels, reflected on the most edifying words of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Here’s an ex...

28 September 2010

The Honey of Love

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This brief reflection is from a fifteenth-century Carthusian monk named, Dom Nicholas Kempf. This piece is from his work titled, ‘De Ostensi...

27 September 2010

I could never forget you

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It will help you very much for retaining a quiet mind in all adversity, to lay before your eyes the acts and miseries of My life, and evermo...

25 September 2010

A Sacrament of Grace for Souls

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Here is one of many works from Carthusian authors on the subject of devotion to the Blessed Mother of God. Devotion to Mary and love for her...

23 September 2010

The Blessed Mother and the Entire Celestial Court are Present at Mass

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Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, or perhaps more affectionately known as Padre Pio, was extraordinary to say the least. Well documented are his num...

Praising God

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All prayer is praise. Even that of the publican beating his breast (cf. Luke 18:13) is a hymn to the greatness of God. His prayer proclaime...

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