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, […]

“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 […]

“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 […]