May

17

Of Monks & Madmen

May 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

TEMPTED BY SILENCE & DARKNESS
 In the May 18, 2007 edition of “Commonweal” magazine is the article ‘Of Monks & Madmen’,  written by John Garvey.
He starts off with a discussion about the film Into Great Silence, which shows the life of the Carthusian monks at the Le Grande Chartreuse.  And in this well written article he contrast [...]

May

17

A Prayer to the Holy Spirit

May 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

In the silent hours of night sweet spirit come to me.
When I drag this poor broken body before God sweet spirit hear the prayer of my heart.
When my strength fails me and all I can do is look at the crucifix sweet spirit teach me to let go.
Teach me to surrender all to God in [...]

May

17

Albert Einstein about science, religion, and God.

May 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

“Science can only be created by those who are thoroughly imbued with the aspiration toward truth and understanding. This source of feeling, however, springs from the sphere of religion. To this there also belongs the faith in the possibility that the regulations valid for the world of existence are rational, that is, comprehensible to reason. [...]

May

17

The Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi

May 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi is a musical setting of the Roman Catholic funeral Mass (called the Requiem for the first word of the text, which begins Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, meaning, “Grant them eternal rest, O Lord”) that was completed to mark the first anniversary of the death of Alessandro Manzoni, an Italian [...]

May

17

On Dealing with Sin

May 17, 2007 | 1 Comment

“Sin never helps.” Sin always wounds us and leaves us worse off. We delude ourselves that the sinful indulgence will somehow ease our way. It does not. Sin is not practical.
“We can’t achieve happiness in our lives if we hold on to serious sin.” We fear to let go; but once we let go, we [...]

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