Monday of Passion Week

HOLY WEEK IS A SCHOOL OF CHRISTIAN LIVING

The mysteries of the liturgical cycle no only bring new outpourings of the salvific waters of grace; they also enlighten our minds with insights into the ways of God, ever ancient and ever new.  They teach us more of Christ, they show us more of the meaning of our life in Him, they make us grow in Him, they transform us into Him.  Indeed, the liturgy is the great school of Christian living and the transforming force which reshapes our souls and our characters in the likeness of Christ.

By Thomas Merton

Seasons of Celebration, 53

From Lent and Easter, Wisdom from Thomas Merton

compiled by The MertonInstitute for Contemplative Living

 published by Liguori

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Thanks be to God!!

Cathy

Palm Sunday Reflection

Saint Meinrad, IN Archabbey

Saint Meinrad, IN

Hail, Queen Wisdom!

May the Lord protect You,

with your Sister, holy pure Simplicity!...

Holy Wisdom confounds

Satan and all his cunning.

Pur holy Simplicity confounds

all the wisdom of this world

and the wisdom of the body. 

Saint Frances of Assisi,

"ASalutation of the Virtues," 164-165

From Lent and Easter, Wisdom from St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi

compiled by JohnV. Kruse, published by Liguori

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Thanks be to God!!

Cathy

Wisdom of the Sainted and Holy Ones

God is closer to us than our own soul, for God is the foundation on which the soul stands.  Our soul sits in God and in true rest, and our soul stands in God in sure strength, and our soul is naturally rooted in God in endless love.  ~~Julian of Norwich~~

Such encouragement and consolation in these words!!!

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

New Lights

"You will see many things in new lights if you give the Holy Spirit free access to you minds and your hearts." ~~Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

Mercy and Forgiveness

In this mortal life mercy and forgiveness are
the part that always leads us to grace.

~Blessed Julian of Norwich~~

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Encouraging words.
Thanks be to God!!

Cathy

Happy 4th of July!

Replica of the first church/cabin Saint Mother Theodora  attended after she arrived at The Woods. 

For it is was also the home of the priest.  He had but a cot in the corner.

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This land was no longer for me a land of exile;
It was the portion of my inheritance, and
in it I hope to dwell all the day of my life.
~Saint Mother Theodore~

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Thanks be to God!!!

Cathy

Words from Saint Mother Theodore

Charity consists in loving sincerely persons 

whose inclinations are most opposed to ours, 

in pardoning those who injure us.

~~Saint Mother Theodore Guerin~~

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy