“(Mary’s) being full of the Holy Spirit was still only the first phase in her election that would be crowned by her Divine Motherhood, by the incarnation of God himself in her womb. Mary is more than full of grace, filled by the Holy Spirit, she is the Bride of the Holy Spirit and through …
It happened that there was a man full of leprosy in one of the towns where Jesus was;and when he saw Jesus,he fell prostrate, pleaded with him, and said,“Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.”Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said,“I do will it. Be made clean.”And the leprosy left him …
“In the first place he glorifies in Mary, that she, whom the Angel called full of grace, was wholly filled of the Holy Spirit, always let herself be led by the Holy Spirit, an ideal that we must strive at in our ascent to God. St. John (of the Cross) admits that it is not …
Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit,and news of him spread throughout the whole region.He taught in their synagogues and was praised by all. He came to Nazareth, where he had grown up,and went according to his custominto the synagogue on the sabbath day.He stood up to read and was handed a …
“In Mary we see the most beautiful image of our union with God. She, the bride of the Holy Spirit, teaches us how also we, although not in that fullness of grace, but in a removed sense, must be brides of God the Holy Spirit, how his overshadowing power must also make us conceive God, …
After the five thousand had eaten and were satisfied,Jesus made his disciples get into the boatand precede him to the other side toward Bethsaida,while he dismissed the crowd.And when he had taken leave of them,he went off to the mountain to pray.When it was evening,the boat was far out on the sea and he was …
“While the Divine Sun-fire radiates his glow whither He desires, it is the sun-yearning of the soul that draws the rays of the divine love-blaze into the heart of the flower, which continuously turns itself towards the Sun.” Bl. Titus Brandsma What do you think of this quote? Write it on the comment section. 📸 …
When Jesus saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them,for they were like sheep without a shepherd;and he began to teach them many things.By now it was already late and his disciples approached him and said,“This is a deserted place and it is already very late.Dismiss them so that they can …
“We admire the mystical life as the abundance of God’s love and grace; so rich an abundance that God’s living and working in us clearly speaks in us, the mind no longer is capable of reasoning about it, nor faith capable of making us accept it, but we live conscious of it, experience and contemplate …
When Jesus heard that John had been arrested,he withdrew to Galilee.He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea,in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,that what had been said through Isaiah the prophetmight be fulfilled: Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan,Galilee of the Gentiles,the …