The Perfection of Brotherly Love
What is perfect brotherly love? Find out in this excerpt from “Mirror of Love” by Saint Aelred from the first week of Lent.
What is perfect brotherly love? Find out in this excerpt from “Mirror of Love” by Saint Aelred from the first week of Lent.
Why do we get discouraged when we fall? Find out as Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen reflects on humility in our falls, in an excerpt from the classic Carmelite meditation book “Divine Intimacy”.
What does the parable of the prodigal son tell us about the Father of Mercies? Find out when Father John Bartunke introduces his latest retreat guide “Father of Mercies” from RC Spirituality.
What do Pearl Harbor and World War II’s V-J Day have to do with the Blessed Virgin Mary? And, what does She have to do with the war against Satan? Find out when Dr. Peter Howard expands on this these concepts in today’s post on this holy day: The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.
What spiritual symbolism is contained in the Isaiahan prophecy that a virgin would conceive? Find out when St. Bernard of Clairvaux continues his explication of this Scriptural passage, in part II of II of another of his famous Advent homilies.
How do saints deal with persecution? Can Scripture help? Find out when Dan Burke and Melissa Elson reflect on Day 29 of Dan’s book “30 Days with Teresa of Avila” in this episode of Divine Intimacy Radio.
I have no doubt that the Pharisees would have loved the phrase, “Say the black, do the red.” By the way, I always say “Amen!” when I read it myself. Here’s the hard part: external orthodoxy is a distorted orthodoxy when it is not accompanied by a properly oriented interior life.
What is the Sacrament of Mercy and why is it so important? Where can I find a retreat on this? Make this discovery your own as you read the announcement of a new retreat guide, from Father John Bartunek.
Dear Dan, I am Catholic. I committed grave sins when I was a teen that I have lived in guilt and anxiety over for almost
Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul On that journey as I drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from the sky suddenly