Caught Up in God

Soon after making first vows in the Cenacle, I was sent to be on the staff of our large retreat house in Saint Louis.  Since we offered a full schedule of spiritual programs ― retreats, days and evenings of prayer, spiritual direction, directed retreats, and more ― I met many people.  Some, however, stood out [...]

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Cybernun’s new video features Brahms’ “How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place” (Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen), from his German Requiem.
How lovely is your dwelling place,
O Lord of hosts!
My soul longs, indeed it faints
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh sing for joy
to the living God. …
Happy are those who live in your house,
ever [...]

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A quote from Saint Augustine for this season of alleluias, when we rejoice in God’s love for us in Jesus Christ:
“Let us love, because He first loved us.” [1 John 4:19]
For how should we love, except He had first loved us? By loving we became friends: but He loved us as enemies, that we might [...]

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Before we moved into this house several years ago, the former owner warned us that there would be a lot of trick-or-treaters. In fact, “a lot” turned out to be an understatement, since the first year we counted almost two hundred. As the evening wore on we were scrambling about the pantry. searching [...]

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(Please be patient, as there are several pictures to load. For more pictures of the urban mandalas, visit Unable to Grasp God’s Essence.)
Since I’ve taken to riding a bicycle around town, I find myself in a proximity to my surroundings impossible from the insulation of a car; and I have discovered places I had no [...]

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