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

08 September 2011

The Glorious Day that was to Usher in the Redeemer

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Today is the feast of the Nativity of Mary. At Matins the Carthusians listened to great words of wisdom from the Apostolic Exhortation title...

07 September 2011

Si oblitus fuero tui, Ierusalem

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A Commentary on the Psalms by Saint Bruno: "How lovely is Your dwelling place. My soul longs to enter the courts of the Lord," the...

06 September 2011

Lanspergius the Carthusian - Short Meditations IV

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Think ill of no man, and although he seems to you to be wicked, yet believe that he has been suffered to fall by some secret and hidden Prov...

03 September 2011

Contemplating the Substance of Eternity

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On this feast of Saint Gregory the Great, at Matins the Carthusians listened to a lengthy reading from ‘Moralia in Iob’ written by this day’...

02 September 2011

If You Love Truth Be a Lover of Silence

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Many are avidly seeking but they alone find who remains in continual silence. Every man who delights in a multitude of words, even though he...

31 August 2011

Lanspergius the Carthusian - Short Meditations III

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Solitariness, silence, purity, and simplicity of heart, do prepare a place for Me to dwell in. Keep yourself, therefore, withdrawn from all ...

29 August 2011

In Honour of the Baptizer

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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, ...

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