Among all the works of God’s mercy, dearly beloved, which from the beginning have been devoted to the salvation of mortals, none is more wonderful, none more sublime, than that Christ was crucified for the world…. The whole lowliness is in his majesty, while the whole majesty in his lowliness…. In us, therefore, the Lord […]
Inspiring
To God are all the actions of the true friend of Jesus simply and purely directed. He seeks nothing outside of God, but knows that of a truth he has found in him all the good and all the happiness of perfection. Then will he be in some measure transformed in God. He will no […]
It is a talent, for example, if you are unable to pray; yet you consider this to be a misfortune. It is important what you do with this inability to pray. Maybe you have buried this talent and you say to yourself. Well, I will not pray. But you can gain so much from it. […]
We apprehend and understand Advent as the encounter of man with, the journey of man toward, the Ultimate, toward the Absolute, toward the Lord God. Standing in the presence of the Last Things, in the presence of the Ultimate, resulted in—and results in—a peculiar knowledge of ourselves. From this holy place of encounter we have […]