“There is a name for the wonderful act by which God reveals his inner secret to us, calls us into his inner life and transmits something of his divine Life to our very souls. The name is grace.” – Fr. James Brent, O.P.
And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and You in Me, that they may be brought to perfection as one. (John 17:22-23)
How one woman’s realization about her baptism led her to embrace a new saint for the journey.
Claire Dwyer summarizes St. Elizabeth of the Trinity’s written retreat, “Heaven in Faith.”
Claire Dwyer explores the significance of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity’s given name, religious name–and our own names.
David Torkington explains that true renewal of the liturgy is dependent on a renewal of authentic Christian love, growing out of deep prayer.
Purifications of the Church–and ourselves–are painful but necessary prerequisites for receiving the fullness of Christ’s promises,
David Torkington teaches.
Who is the messenger who can take the offering of our love up to the Father? David Torkington reveals the identity of this “Holy Angel.”
“This endless, ongoing, ever-expanding bliss planned for us by God from the beginning is the measure of the ‘height and depth, the length and breadth’ of his love for us that surpasses the understanding.” David John Torkington resumes his mini-course on prayer today.
What critical truth did young Elizabeth of the Trinity learn while waiting to enter the convent? That there was already a cell inside of her. Claire Dwyer continues a series of reflections on the life of this Carmelite mystic.
