23 Feb 2014
In the rocky solitude of Fonte Avellana, Peter Damian desired to be with Christ. Here he is on contemplative experience. "I longed to cleave with all my heart, to the everlasting light. My heart, then as it seemed, was made of ...
23 Feb 2014
Here is St. Peter Damian on this idea. Think about this. To be continued............ Now just as the Greeks call man a microcosm, that is to say a little world, because his body is comprised of the same four elements as the universe ...
20 Feb 2013
The scholarship of our dear Pope is seen clearly in this selection from his talk on St. Peter Damian from Benedict XVI General Audience Address September 9, 2009 found here on the Vatican website. I am glad to highlight two ...
20 Feb 2013
Part 42: DoC: St Peter Damian and Perfection. Posted by Supertradmum. Many years ago, I thought this, that is, that we each one of us, was a little. Catholic Church, enjoying all the benefits individually of the larger Church, as
20 Feb 2013
In the rocky solitude of Fonte Avellana, Peter Damian desired to be with Christ. Here he is on contemplative experience. "I longed to cleave with all my heart, to the everlasting light. My heart, then as it seemed, was made of ...
09 Apr 2014
There is no obstacle more harmful in striving after perfection than the gratification of self-will. “If,” says St. Bernard, “you can induce men to give up their self-will, there is no Hell for them to fear.” According to St. Peter Damian, ...
18 Feb 2013
Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, Bede the Venerable, Peter Damian, Gregory the Great, and the reformer of the Benedictine Order, Bernard of Clairvaux. So, although the Franciscans claim they have the most, I count more ...
24 Feb 2014
St. Peter Damian, Book of Gomorrah: An Eleventh-Century Treatise against Clerical Homosexual Practices: "Without fail, it brings death to the body and destruction to the soul. It pollutes the flesh, extinguishes the light of the ...
11 Jan 2013
The Angels guardian procure for the souls committed to their care grace to have recourse to a priest that he may absolve them: "Although," says St. Peter Damian, "Angels may be present, they yet wait lor the priest to exercise ...
16 Nov 2014
Many Saints and theologians (St. Peter Damien, St. Bernard, St. Bonaventure, St. Bernadine ... say that Jesus instituted the Eucharist above all for Mary and then through Mary, the Universal Mediatrix of All Graces, for all of us.
08 Mar 2014
... illustrated the sacred pages with "glosses" or short commentaries, as we see in Walafrid Strabo and St. Anselm of Laon, or expended fresh labour in securing their integrity, as did St. Peter Damian and Blessed Lanfranc.
11 Sep 2013
Chastity is called by St. Ephrem the life of the spirit; by St. Peter Damian, the queen of virtues; and by St. Cyprian, the acquisition of triumphs. He who conquers the vice opposed to chastity, easily subdues all other vices; and, ...
