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 October 2010

Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

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First Reading, Wisdom 11:22-12:2 The opening verse of this Reading describes the unfathomable immensity of Almighty God. Compared to Him, th...

28 October 2010

Simon and Jude

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Today on this Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, the Carthusians at Matins listened to an excerpt from the ‘Commonitory’ of Saint Vincent of Lé...

27 October 2010

Unity and Distinction

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The Spirit of Jesus, the Incarnate Son of God, murmurs only one word: Father. The soul feels a slight breath pass through it, the breath of ...

26 October 2010

Desire the Truth

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Below is a work of the ‘Meditations of Guigo, Prior of the Charterhouse’ which as the Introduction states, that within these meditations ‘ar...

25 October 2010

Return to the Lord with a Recollected and Quiet Mind

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I wish that you should be continually with Me, and by being with Me enjoy all perfect felicity. But why do I not fulfil this? You may by My ...

15 October 2010

The more a soul humbles itself in prayer, the more God lifts it up

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Today is the feast of Saint Teresa of Avila. From the Divine Office, at Matins, the Carthusians listened to this great Saint in her own word...

13 October 2010

Their Faces are Uncovered and Radiant

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Today, the Carthusians honour all those of their Order who are now heavenly intercessors, residents of Paradise – the Saints and the Blessed...

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