“Already once in the history of our spirituality we have seen how a one-sided practice of virtue has led to an externalism in the spiritual life. So we have to be on our guard that unconsciously it does not go that way again… Action is not sufficient, it has to be consciously deducted from God’s …
While some people were speaking abouthow the temple was adorned with costly stones and votive offerings,Jesus said, “All that you see here–the days will come when there will not be lefta stone upon another stone that will not be thrown down.” Then they asked him,“Teacher, when will this happen?And what sign will there be when …
“The Devotio Moderna had overstressed human receptivity and the necessity of practicing virtue in reparation for the coming of the Bridegroom, who alone determines the person to whom he wishes to descend, so that we need not speak about that, since we cannot contribute anything to it. They attached more value to social works in …
When Jesus looked up he saw some wealthy peopleputting their offerings into the treasuryand he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins.He said, “I tell you truly,this poor widow put in more than all the rest;for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth,but she, from her poverty, has offered her …
“To be autonomous by surrendering oneself. Autonomous in relationship to God. Hypersupernaturalism. God wills that we also act and be ourselves. Our autonomy is not abolished, not even in the most intimate union with God.” Bl. Titus Brandsma What do you think of this quote? Write it on the comment section. Photo by Br. Ritche …
Jesus said to his disciples:“When the Son of Man comes in his glory,and all the angels with him,he will sit upon his glorious throne,and all the nations will be assembled before him.And he will separate them one from another,as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.He will place the sheep on his right and …
“The higher the soul stands on the ladder of mystical union, the more harmoniously will her faculties work together… What she (Teresa of Avila) stressed in the beginning as strongly as possible, namely, that the ascent to God has to be a perfecting of man’s nature, she maintains as well in her description of the …
Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection,came forward and put this question to Jesus, saying,“Teacher, Moses wrote for us,If someone’s brother dies leaving a wife but no child,his brother must take the wifeand raise up descendants for his brother.Now there were seven brothers;the first married a woman but died childless.Then the second …
“Christ cannot live in us. We don’t permit it… Because we do not have that love which keeps us really united with the Beloved… We Dutchmen have to be doubly on the alert in this matter. We have as our watchword, ‘Don’t exaggerate.’ And therefore we suppress all spontaneity. We don’t call it that. We …
Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to drive outthose who were selling things, saying to them,“It is written,My house shall be a house of prayer,but you have made it a den of thieves.”And every day he was teaching in the temple area.The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people, meanwhile,were seeking …