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From the Pastor’s Desk

December 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Unless souls are saved, nothing is saved; there can be no world peace unless there is soul peace. World wars are only projections of the conflicts waged inside the soul of modern men, for nothing happens in the external world that has not happened within a soul.

Dec

30

Bear Witness to Beauty of Marriage and the Family

December 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

  Today, Feast of the Holy Family, the Pope appeared at the window of his private study overlooking St. Peter’s Square to pray the Angelus.
  Addressing the thousands of faithful gathered below his window, the Holy Father explained how today “we celebrate the mystery of a God Who chose to be born of a woman, [...]

Dec

30

Pope John Paul II on Ejaculatory Prayers

December 30, 2007 | 3 Comments

“The ancient monks were so sure of this truth that they did not bother
to sing the Psalms in their mother tongue. It was enough for them to
know that they were in a way “organs” of the Holy Spirit. They were
convinced that their faith would enable the verses of the Psalms to
release a special “energy” of [...]

Dec

30

Ways of Unceasing Prayer

December 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

“Everything Cassian teaches about prayer depends on the Bible. One finds both the interplay of *meditatio* and *oratio* and the link between imageless prayer and the spiritual interpretation of Scripture. In Cassian’s world prayer simply could not exist outside of a biblical environment. His map of progress in prayer leads from multiple forms and words [...]

Dec

29

Our Father Saint Bruno

December 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

“Our Father Saint Bruno: this title does not raise thoughts in our
minds of lengthy doctrine nor of elaborate teaching but rather the
existence of a mature master who allowed himself to be seduced by the
goodness of God and gave everything up for its sake. He has little
else to tell us except his life in the desert [...]

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