Religion

"Advent, like its cousin Lent, is a season for prayer and reformation of our hearts. Since it comes at winter time, fire is a fitting sign to help us celebrate Advent. If Christ is to come more fully into our lives this Christmas, if God is to become really

It's the Feast Day of St. Bruno. I found this in my archives: The Carthusian life of St. Bruno obviously contrasts severely with the modern life. The Carthusian lived largely by himself; the Modern lives a life constantly among others. The Carthusian devoted his life to prayer; the

“To give free reign to the senses is to shackle the soul, to shackle the senses is to liberate it.” The Philokalia

"The multiplicity of affairs is a continual martyrdom." St. Francis de Sales

"[A] loss of charity is the only loss we need really fear in this life." St. Francis de Sales

When I first started taking a hard look at converting to Catholicism, I was most struck by "spiritual development," the idea that we have a soul that needs to be nourished and strengthened. I was always taught that I had a soul that would survive death, but it

"Throughout the whole of our lives we may enjoy the benefit that comes from prayer if we devote a great deal of time to it." John Chrysostom.