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 March 2011

Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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The image is the Saint Bruno Chapel , a house built on rock, most fitting for this weekend's Gospel from Saint Matthew. First Reading,...

03 March 2011

A Wholly Creative and Energizing Reality

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This piece is from the first letter to Serapion from Saint Athanasius 'On the Holy Spirit'. This was part of Matins for the Carthusi...

01 March 2011

Staying on a Virtuous Course

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Vouchsafe not to hear, much less read, any news, tidings, or pleasant histories, which serve not to procure a compunction in your heart, but...

28 February 2011

God's Mercy Spreads Its Waters Over All

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I doubt if I can say enough of this on account of my wretchedness. I am a fallen angel! I have left the heights of Being where You placed me...

26 February 2011

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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First Reading, Isaiah 49:14-15 The eighteenth-century French Oratorian biblical scholar, Charles-François Houbigant, defined 'Zion' ...

25 February 2011

Sober Intoxication

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The Song of Songs is obscure. It indicates that these songs sung between God and a soul chosen as bride and mated and united to God in the ...

24 February 2011

Have No Peace with Any Vice

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Many complain that they are unapt for contemplation and spiritual life, but their own negligence and sloth is the cause. They carry always a...

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