Etheldredasplace

The world has always hated missionaries. Look at the long list of marty red missionaries just among the Jesuit Order itself. This is a par...

Because I shall be alone throughout the Triduum and even on Easter day, eating at "home" by myself, as there are no real communiti...

Drawing to a close on this series, I want to highlight a few points from St. John of the Cross. Some of this is repetition. One, St. Davi...

St. Pio of   Pietrelcina told people to go to confession every eight days. This is hard for most people today, which is why it is so much ...

I could write twenty more posts on the Dark Night as developed by St. John of the Cross. In my posts, I have been trying to unpack the poe...

 " ad lucem per crucem , and of the progressive configuration of the soul to Christ crucified."   Garrigou-Lagrange has at in...