The way of the Cross is the way of suffering. It makes me happy to be suffering for you now, and in my own body to make up all the hardships that still have to be undergone by Christ for…
[T]here is indeed no radical deliverance for humanity which is not the fruit of an interior struggle, in which suffering, distress accepted in faith, is the condition of a truly new life. (Louis Bouyer, Introduction to the Spiritual Life) Suffering,…
Here is another passage from the gospels that I honestly do not know how to fit into the Protestant sola fide model of justification: Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let…
Here is what the Lord Jesus says about the way that one becomes a child of God: You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your…
I like this snip from St. Francis de Sales: But would you know, Philothea, which are the best abjections, I tell you plainly, that those are the most profitable to our souls, and most acceptable to God, which befall us…
I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and every one that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit. (John 15:1-2) Whatever…
Words fail me. So you should just go read this for yourself.
It has been a few years since I have read Perelandra. I came across a passage tonight that made it clear it has been a few years too long since I read it, and it was just the sort of…
Aquinas, Etc. 