“Prayer that binds this poverty of spirit around itself like swaddling clothes gives God the space and freedom to manifest anew Divine Humility at work in humble humanity.” – Dr. Anthony Lilles
“Their life as it really was, was not an obstacle to their union, and neither is our life, as it really is, an obstacle to our union with God.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
“When you give something precious, you must not spread it around in pieces, and you must not give it half-heartedly.” – Glenn Dickinson
“The Lord has revealed his plan and purpose of making us into his friends. We have no natural ability to be friends of God, and we are weak in every way, but he loves us nonetheless.” – Fr. James Brent, O.P.
How can we radiate Christ–and what does that mean?
What is the property of love? Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen explains in this excerpt from his classic Carmelite meditation book “Divine Intimacy”.
The consecrated woman stands as a sign of contradiction: what it seems she has given up, she has actually gained in a way far more real than the rest of us can know this side of eternity. Claire Dwyer continues her series on St. Elizabeth of the Trinity.
Claire Dwyer explores the mystical reality of the “Dark Night” through the experience of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity.
In Union with God, Father Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen lays out for us a time-tested path toward achieving complete intimacy with God, the path first mapped out centuries ago by the Church’s acclaimed master of the contemplative life, St. John of the Cross.
What is is the world-shaking news that we are reminded of each Christmas?