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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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How Lovely Is Your Dwelling

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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How Shall We Become Lovely?

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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