Wednesday, 16 October 2013

Hope readers do not mind

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While I am in Malta, perhaps because it is a desert island, I am returning to the perfection series. Will continue this in the next few da...

The purification of the senses and series continued....

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The key to survival and progress is the acceptance of pain. One must learn to carry pain in one's heart and mind in order to go throu...

The purification of the senses and the spirit in the Dark Night....continued

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...Tauler, Second Sermon for Pentecost. See also the Sermon for the Fifth Sunday after Trinity Sunday, where he says: "Then there ope...

The passive purification of the senses and the spirit, continued

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All the saints experienced the passive purification of the senses and the spirit. St. John of the Cross is only one. The list is long of tho...

A short trip to Gozo

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A short history of Gozo from this site.. http://www.maltesering.com/gozo.asp I had a broef trip to the island today and saw some wond...

Interesting pericope from this morning's Office of Readings...

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Zechariah 3:1-4 Douay-Rheims  3  And the Lord shewed me Jesus the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord: and Satan stood...
Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Thought for The Day

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sassoferrato_-_Jungfrun_i_b%C3%B6n.jpg On Mary... It was she, the second Eve, who, free from ...

Being Tolerant Again

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The priest at Mass asked people to be open to the Syrian and Somalian immigrants. As reported, hundreds of people have died coming from Afri...

Some Back Posts on St. Teresa of Avila

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Etheldredasplace:  Teresa of Avila , Therese of Lisieux and John of  ... 04 Aug 2013 Teresa of Avila, Therese of Lisieux and John of ...

In today's Times of Malta

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The civil union bill provides the main story on today's Time of Malta. That this issue is being pushed shows the decadence into which th...

St. Teresa of Avila

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Many people think that the saints had an easy time become perfect. And, of course, only those who did reach perfection in the stages written...

A real treat...more on the museum

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http://www.wignacourtmuseum.com/

The Wignacourt Museum in Rabat, Malta

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http://www.unescomalta.org/wignacourt.asp

Small Extraordinary Events

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As I was taking my evening constitutional along the famous Sliema promenade, I happened upon the Legion of Mary saying the rosary in public....

Arguments on Nomenclature

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For years, I have had an on-going argument on the terms child, youth, young adult and adult . Part of the problem is the over-protectio...
Monday, 14 October 2013

Romans in Malta

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I spent the day with a friend in Rabat. This is the place where both Blessed John Paul II and Benedict XVI visited the Grotto of St. Paul. F...

Please note this....

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PIUS XII APOSTOLIC LETTER SACRED convergent YEAR CONSECRATION OF RUSSIA TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY 7 July 1952  (  1  ) As...