“In a sermon on Sunday ‘Gaudete’, the third Sunday of Advent, (the English Carmelite Henry de Hanna) discusses, guided by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, to whom St. John also likes to appeal a lot, six ways along which the soul can climb up to the summit of its perfection. One of those ways is that the …
Today, January 14, is the memorial of Saint Felix of Nola. Felix was born in the early Third Century in Italy. After the death of his soldier-father Hermias, Felix sold off most of his property and possessions, gave the proceeds to the poor, and pursued his vocation. Felix was ordained by and worked with Saint …
When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days,it became known that he was at home.Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them,not even around the door,and he preached the word to them.They came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd,they opened …
“Again, and again, St. John of the Cross returns to the inexhaustible Mystery of the Incarnation. ‘That knowing’, he says is not the smallest part of our blissfulness and he reminds (us) of God’s own words: ‘In this exists eternal life, knowing You, the only true God and Your Son, whom You have sent Jesus …
Today, January 13, is the memorial of Saint Hilary of Poitiers. Bishop and Doctor of the Church. Hilary, whose name in Latin means happy, was born in 310 in Pictavium, Gaul (now modern-day Poitiers, France). His parents were well-known pagans, and so Hilary was raised and educated in a pagan environment. Hilary would later convert …
A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said,“If you wish, you can make me clean.”Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand,touched the leper, and said to him,“I do will it. Be made clean.”The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean.Then, warning him sternly, he dismissed him at once.Then …
“‘In this union’, so (John of the Cross) continues, ‘that which is communicated is God himself, who gives Himself to the soul, while simultaneously transforming it into unparalleled glory. Both have then become one, just like, so to say’ – and pay attention here to the return of the image given earlier – ‘just like …
On leaving the synagogueJesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John.Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever.They immediately told him about her.He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up.Then the fever left her and she waited on them. When it was evening, after sunset,they brought to him all who were …
“We have here actually a double image: the image of the Incarnation of God’s Son in us and that of his divine slumber in our womb. Both images, however, run over into each other. The image of the overshadowing placed beside it leaves no cause to doubt whether the exterior image of falling into slumber …
Jesus came to Capernaum with his followers,and on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught.The people were astonished at his teaching,for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes.In their synagogue was a man with an unclean spirit;he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?Have …