Buried under the most strong-willed child can be a beautiful vocation, as it was for St. Elizabeth of the Trinity. Claire Dwyer continues her series of reflections.
What can a stage teach us about the spiritual life?
God begins a great work in a little girl with fiery eyes and a temperament to match. Claire Dwyer continues the series on St. Elizabeth of the Trinity.
David Torkington shares ten signs that one is entering the Mystic Way of Prayer, based on the teachings of St. John of the Cross.
David Torkington explains how The Interior Castle helped him to understand his early experiences of mystical prayer.
David Torkington expounds on his discovery of St. John of the Cross, the experience of dark contemplation, and a new, gradual dawning in prayer.
“Take your Crucifix,” counsels Elizabeth of the Trinity, “look, listen.” Claire Dwyer finds the starting-point of the saint’s story.
Mystical prayer was kept alive by the saints and their spirituality even in the wake of heresy, David Torkington reveals.
“It is not by suffering that a person is united with God, but by love.” With these words, Francis of Assisi was transformed and with him, the world.
David Torkington explains how heresies caused great damage to Christianity, and to our understanding and practice prayer itself.
