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

31 May 2011

The Visitation

Saint Luke in his Gospel took great strides to delineate Our Blessed Lady as the New Ark of the New and Everlasting Covenant, the human Tabe...

Unfathomable Nature

The name Father has thus been revealed to men; the question arises: What is this Father's own Name? Yet surely the name of God has neve...

28 May 2011

Dominica Sexta Paschæ

First Reading, Acts 8:5-8, 14-17 You may recall from last weekend's First Reading that Philip is one of the newly ordained deacons. Prea...

That Nothing Might Hinder Our Seeking the Lord

O Lord, two lessons have You taught us, Your servants: that You are, and what You are not. We crave a third: to know what You are. How true ...

26 May 2011

Saint Philip Neri: A Humble Priest

Today is the feast of Saint Philip Neri. Blessed John Henry Newman had preached a couple of sermons on this great saint at the Birmingham Or...

25 May 2011

Bearing His Name always in the mind, in the heart and on the lips

Today at Carthusian Matins: Life in God is like a precious chain, rich in gold, in which one virtue is closely linked with another, and all ...

23 May 2011

What a Gift!

A Carthusian monk reflects on the Virgin Mother of God: The Son of God was about to die. The Sacred Scriptures were fulfilled, the chalice h...

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