“Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the murderous din of our materialism.” ~Thomas Merton
Solitude
April 7, 2014
Month: April 2014
Mysticism, Monasticism, and the New Evangelization
April 7, 2014
This is an excellent article. And though the authors write of monasticism and its role in the New Evangelization, what they have written can equally be applied to eremitic vocation.
The New Evangelization requires a rediscovery of Christian mysticism, and a revival of the monastic setting which is its natural home […]
Fri, Apr 04, 2014
Source: Catholic Word Report
This Pregnant Moment
April 7, 2014
Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain forever what we have made of it. ~St. Francis DeSales
From J. R. R. Tolkien
April 6, 2014
“Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament… There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves on earth, and more than that: Death: by the divine paradox, that which ends life, and demands the surrender of all, and yet by the taste (or foretaste) of which alone can what you seek in your earthly relationships (love, faithfulness, joy) be maintained, or take on that complexion of reality, of eternal endurance, which every man’s heart desires.” ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
The Life of a Christian…
April 4, 2014
The life of a Christian is nothing but a perpetual struggle against self; there is no flowering of the soul to the beauty of its perfection except at the price of pain. ~St. Padre Pio
Christ is Your Life
April 2, 2014
“Dear Friends, Christ is not so much interested in how often in your lives you stumble and fall, as in how often you pick yourselves up again. He does not demand glittering achievements, but He wants His light to shine in you. He does not call you because you are good and perfect, but because He is good and He wants to make you His friends. Yes, you are the light of the world because Jesus is your light. You are Christians – not because you do special and extraordinary things, but because Christ is your life. You are holy because His grace is at work in you.” ~Pope Benedict XVI
The Gate of Heaven
April 2, 2014
“The gate of heaven is very low; only the humble can enter it.”
~St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Tuesday, Fourth Week of Lent
April 1, 2014
“Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.” ~Blessed John XXIII
To Know The Lord
April 1, 2014
“To know the Lord is the principle of good. Abide in his knowledge and you will draw close to God. There is nothing of value except the soul’s gain, but the soul’s gain is to be found only in the love of God.” ~St. Stephen of Mar Saba