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Boxer1 comment

Santo Jude wrote 3 days ago: Yes. Yes, for altering my course. I was travelling East, eating the detritus, feeling more hungry an … more →

Tags: breathe, iLetters, santojude, Art, Arthur Miller, Faith, Family, film, Football

Bernard of Clairvaux: Christ's Advent Within the Heart

markarmitage wrote 3 weeks ago: Bernard of Clairvaux We know that the coming of the Lord is threefold: the third coming is between t … more →

Tags: BENEDICTINE & CISTERCIAN, Heart, Redemption, soul, Adam, Love, flesh, manm Christ, Second Coming

Gory glory: where devotion to Christ's passion came from and why it's still a worthy spiritual discipline

Chris Armstrong wrote 1 month ago: I posted yesterday a reflection sparked by Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ. You might w … more →

Tags: Resources for Radical Living, Medieval Wisdom for Modern Protestants, spirituality, Francis of Assisi, The Crucifixion, The Passion of the Christ, The Middle Ages, Jesus Christ, mel gibson

Song of Songs

William wrote 1 month ago: The Institute of Philosophic Studies at the University of Dallas is unique in that it is the only do … more →

Tags: Ancient Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, "Continental" Philosophy, personalism, ethics, Theology, Christianity, Catholic, General Theology

Book Recommendation: Reading Selections From The Examen Prayer – Fr. Timothy M. Gallagher1 comment

djeter wrote 1 month ago: A review by Peter Fennessy on Amazon says: “In Jesuit spirituality enormous emphasis is placed on th … more →

Tags: Prayer, An Outline of the Examen, Fr. Timothy M. Gallagher, gratitude, John Henry Newman, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, Spiritual Consolation, spiritual desolation, The Examen Prayer

Above all seek the prayers of the saints

Sr. Dorcee wrote 1 month ago: A “bonus” post today–from today’s Office of Readings.  A selection by St. Be … more →

Tags: Saints and Sinners

Sunday Hymnary: "Of Him Who Did Salvation Bring" by Bernard of Clairvaux

Diane wrote 2 months ago: Of Him Who did salvation bring, I could forever think and sing: Arise, ye needy, He’ll relieve; Aris … more →

Tags: Music, "Sunday Hymnary", Hymns, "Of Him Who Did Salvation Bring"

Pius XII: This Perfect Quiet of the Mind

markarmitage wrote 2 months ago: Pius XII Of this divine charity, possibly nobody has spoken more excellently, more profoundly, or mo … more →

Tags: Pius XII, popes, BENEDICTINE & CISTERCIAN, Charity, suffering, Mind, Sin, Contemplation, God

Sketches from Church History by S M Houghton Chapter 13

couragetotremble wrote 2 months ago: Some of us are going through Sketches from Church History by S M Houghton one small chapter at a tim … more →

Tags: Bible, Church History, Roman Catholic, Becket Archbishop of Cantebury, church of the middle ages, General Council of churches 1215, henry ii, King Of England, Papacy at its height

Summary of chapter 7: Heart religion as a medieval tradition

Chris Armstrong wrote 2 months ago: Charles Williams was captivated by Dante Alighieri’s belief that he had been led to salvation by a y … more →

Tags: Medieval Wisdom for Modern Protestants, Affective Theology, Augustine of Hippo, C. S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Cistercians, Dante, Francis of Assisi, Franciscans

Pius XII: Bernard of Clairvaux on Learning and Love (2)

markarmitage wrote 2 months ago: Pius XII From these words it is clear that in his study and his contemplation, under the influence o … more →

Tags: Pius XII, popes, BENEDICTINE & CISTERCIAN, Charity, Contemplation, Wisdom, God, Redemption, soul

Pius XII: Bernard of Clairvaux on Learning and Love (1)

markarmitage wrote 2 months ago: Bernard of Clairvaux “Do you see…” he wrote, “how St. Paul the Apostle (I Cor. viii, 2) makes the fr … more →

Tags: Pius XII, popes, BENEDICTINE & CISTERCIAN, Charity, Wisdom, God, Redemption, Love, Learning

Sketches from Church History by S M Houghton Chapter 123 comments

couragetotremble wrote 2 months ago: Some of us are going through Sketches from Church History by S M Houghton one small chapter at a tim … more →

Tags: Church History, Children's Crusade, christian pilgrims, Crusades, Frederick Barbarossa, holy land, Jerusalem, Peter the Hermit, Philip Augustus

Whirlwind Travels3 comments

pastorpilgrim wrote 3 months ago: Harvey outside of Jouarre Abbey City Hall (Hotel de Ville) in LaChelle, near Faremoutiers Abbey Brid … more →

Tags: jouarre, Chelles, faremoutiers, Cluny, taizé, St David's Cathedral, St. Winefride's Well, holywell, LaChelle France

Seeking Knowledge

lfierbaugh wrote 4 months ago: Blue-Eyed Grass “Some seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge: That is curiosity; Others seek … more →

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Bernard of Clairvaux Day 2 comments

spurgeon wrote 4 months ago: Bernard of Clairvaux died on August 20, 1153. By all accounts, Bernard was a Church Father who under … more →

Tags: Cross of Christ, Cross-centered life, Patristics

Friends in high places

Sr. Dorcee wrote 4 months ago: A quote from St. Bernard of Clairvaux, whose feast it is today: . . . we must seek the world which i … more →

Tags: Intercession

The Spiritual Formation of the Leader1 comment

Bonnie Kennedy wrote 4 months ago: For: The Institute Of Contemporary And Emerging Worship Studies, St. Stephen’s University, Ess … more →

Tags: Essentials Green, Dan wilt, Devotional Classics, spiritual formation, Discipleship, Four Degrees of Love

La Pensée du Jour

Celucien Joseph wrote 6 months ago: “Some seek knowledge for The sake of knowledge: That is curiosity; Others seek knowledge so th … more →

Tags: Charity, Love, Servant Leadership, la pensée du jour, Quote Of The Day, knowledge, Service


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