Oh, what a great thing it is, and how consoling, to serve as an instrument for God’s glory! — Venerable Bruno Lanteri I used to wonder why God craved our adoration. The delightful denomination of compassion in the Trinity is complete: What could add to it? What could our admire contribute? Why did it matter […]
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What the Angelic Doctor Taught on the Nature & Purpose of Purgatory
Those who disavow Purgatory speak against the justice of God. — St. Thomas Aquinas, ST, Supplement, Appendix 2, 1 Does hell exist? Some who disavow the existence of purgatory cite Revelation 14:13: “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord henceforth.’ Blessed surely, ’ says the Spirit,’ that they may rest from their strives, […]
Saintly Insights Into Healing Broken Friendships
I have called you friends, for all that I “ve ever heard” from my Father I have made known to you.( John 15:15) Friendships can be a source , is not simply of spiritual expansion, but too of immense enjoyment and comfort — and thus, the ending of a tie on bad words can be […]
Eating Fire and Spirit: Receiving Jesus in Holy Communion
Imagine eating the sun–and imagine you could do it without vanishing. What would happen? You would receive into your mas the source of light and kindnes. You would have within you all the ignited and hot that you could possibly ever need or demand. No more heating legislations , no more lightbulbs , no more […]
His Name Will Be Emmanuel: God With Us
His name will be Emmanuel: God with us( cf. Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:23 ). If we understand the significance of this figure Emmanuel, we will find it includes the notion of Savior. For what is a Savior unless one who takes away sin, just as the angel said? Yet with sins having been taken away […]
The Carmelites of Compiègne: Martyrs in the Age of Enlightenment
After her ballot as Carmelite prioress in 1786, thirty-four-year-old Mother Teresa of St. Augustine learned of a inexplicable substantiate in the monastery’s archive, dated from the previous century. It recorded the strange mystic dream of a partially paralyzed young woman who had lived at the Compiegne monastery for years as a paying patron. In 1694, […]