Chapter 33
Statutes of the Carthusian Order 
Book 4, Chapter 33
Conversion of Life
  1 The more sublime the path that opens before us in the holy way of life handed down to us by our Fathers, the more easily can we fall away from it; not only by obvious transgressions, but also by the drag innate, as it [...]

Saint Lawrence

August 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment

This famous martyr of Rome lived in the third century. He was one of seven deacons who were in charge of giving help to the poor and the needy. When a persecution broke out, Pope St. Sixtus II was condemned to death. As he was led to execution, Lawrence followed him weeping. “Father, where are [...]