Today, May 28, is the memorial of Saint Bernard of Menthon. The large dogs called St. Bernard, trained to search for lost victims in the mountains, are named after him. Patron saint of mountain climbers. Also known as Bernard of Montjoux, he was born to the French nobility in Chateau de Menthon in 1020. His …
Jesus said to his disciples:“Amen, amen, I say to you,whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.Until now you have not asked anything in my name;ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete. “I have told you this in figures of speech.The hour is coming when I …
“For the rest, one should read the works of St. Teresa to see that reasoning and logical evolution take a high place in her doctrine. How many comparisons she has given to impart to her sisters the idea of the most sublime things! Indeed, she admits and declares her inability to make understood the gifts …
Jesus said to his disciples:“Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn,while the world rejoices;you will grieve, but your grief will become joy.When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived;but when she has given birth to a child,she no longer remembers the pain because of …
“On opening her book, one reads what a high value she sets on imaginative and intellectual meditation, though she likes to see it interrupted and alternated with acts of love and gratitude. She admits that there can be a time in which the soul is so filled with love that it is no longer necessary …
Today, May 26, is the memorial of Saint Philip Neri. Founder of the Congregation of the Oratory or the Oratorians. The world welcomed Philip Neri in 1515. He gave up becoming a businessman and chose to devote his life entirely to God. Although he took up Theology and Philosophy, he decided on what was unthinkable …
Jesus said to his disciples:“A little while and you will no longer see me,and again a little while later and you will see me.”So some of his disciples said to one another,“What does this mean that he is saying to us,‘A little while and you will not see me,and again a little while and you …
“Some pages further on, she writes: ‘Return to our beautiful and magnificent castle and consider in what manner we may enter. What I may say now seems to be absurd, for if the castle is the soul, then it is plain that it is not necessary for the soul to enter because soul and castle …
Today, May 25, is the feast of Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi. Carmelite nun and virgin. Patroness of the Third Order of Carmelites. Mary Magdalene, born in 1566, came from a very wealthy family. Even as a child, she rejected the high fashion of her station, choosing instead to dress in simple clothes. Her religious …
Jesus said to his disciples:“I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now.But when he comes, the Spirit of truth,he will guide you to all truth.He will not speak on his own,but he will speak what he hears,and will declare to you the things that are coming.He will glorify me,because he …