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Thanks to Wiki for The Sleeping Lady of Malta, circa 1,500 BC Of what does she dream, this heavy lady of Malta, resting on her hard ...

from St. John of the Cross But here we must note that although, at the beginning, when this spiritual night commences, this enkindling ...

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Morning Update: Day Four Rolex Middle Sea Race 22 October 2013 Photo: Kristina Plattner proudly displays the Line Honours flag for the ...

St. John of the Cross calls the Dark Night a "purgatory".  And, as he, and later Garrigou-Lagrange tell us over and over, only ...

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Many posts today...keeping readers busy for a day or two. God bless. 

I and others have commented on the Times of Malta article on ssm. Do you want to jump in? We are living in increasingly godless times.  htt...

The  2013 Deloitte Survey of U.S. Physicians , a survey of more than 600 physicians from the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, found th...

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/807036 and update http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/report-nsa-spied-on-millions-of-french-phone...

For those in the Dark Night, the beginning of the second stage is the end of the purification of the senses. The next stage, the purific...

I have been following the evil of the Common Core Curriculum,  which half the dioceses in the States have adopted. Michael Voris is doing su...

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from today's readings The Liturgy of the Hours A letter to Proba by St Augustine Let us turn our mind to the task of prayer ...

Luke 18:1-8 Douay-Rheims  18  And he spoke also a parable to them, that we ought always to pray, and not to faint, 2  Saying: Th...

Psalm 22 Douay-Rheims  22  A psalm for David. The Lord ruleth me: and I shall want nothing. 2  He hath set me in a place of pastur...

I write a lot about King David. He, like the other saints, reached the heights of union with God and reveals so much of this love through ...

Archbishop Sheen  ‏ @ FultonSheen 19 Oct Politeness is a way of showing externally the internal regard we have for others. Good manners a...

Temperance, Prudence, Fortitude, Justice When the hidden faults and tendencies towards sins are subdued, finally the life of virtues com...

Sometimes, in the Dark Night, God brings one to a taste of His Great Love. We do not will this or even ask for it. This just happens.  This ...