In order to hear God, people should stand firm and be detached
Quote of the day: 9 February
St. John of the Cross Novena — Day 6
Whoever flees prayer flees all that is good
Advent 1: Alert
St. John of the Cross gives a reason for dryness in our prayer
St. Edith Stein Novena – Day 9
She accordingly feels that she has been led into a remarkably deep and vast wilderness unattainable by any human being, into an immense, unbounded desert...
St. Edith Stein Novena – Day 8
One understands that only the dying of the sensory being is felt and nothing is experienced of the beginning of the new life that is concealed beneath it.
St. Edith Stein Novena – Day 7
"God darkens all this light and closes the door... now he leaves them in such darkness that they do not know which way to turn in their discursive imaginings.”
St. Edith Stein Novena – Day 6
What is the content of the message of Christ's Cross? St. Edith Stein provides a brief outline in this excerpt from The Science of the Cross
In dryness and emptiness the soul becomes humble: The earlier arrogance disappears when one no longer finds in oneself anything that would give reason to look down on others; instead, others now appear to one to be more perfect; love and esteem for them awakens in the heart.
St. Edith Stein Novena – Day 3
In dryness and emptiness the soul becomes humble. The earlier arrogance disappears when one no longer finds in oneself anything that would give reason to look down on others; instead, others now appear to one to be more perfect...
St. Edith Stein Novena – Day 2
Whoever seeks God and nothing else is not wandering in darkness no matter how dark and poor you think you are.
A Long Walk in the Desert — HOPE IN THE STORM
"My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on you." (St John of the Cross)
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