And a very great silence based on charity
Then and Now Catherine–Mectilde de Bar (1614 –1698) lived in times no less troubled and troubling than our own. The life of the Church...
Behold this Heart
The Mystical Invasion Saint Teresa of Jesus died in 1582. Thirty-two years later, on 31 December 1614, Catherine Mectilde de Bar was born at Saint–Dié...
Obœdiens usque ad mortem (VII:7)
Jan. 1 June. 1 Oct. The third degree of humility is, that a man for the love of God submit himself to his superior in...
Si sollicitus est ad opus Dei, ad oboedientiam, ad opprobria (LVIII:1)
CHAPTER LVIII. Of the Discipline of receiving Brethren into Religion Continued from 11 Apr. Let a senior, one who is skilled in gaining souls, be...
A Torch Lifted High
A Translation and a Commentary In July 2011 I translated this extraordinary page from the writings of Catherine de Bar, Mother Mectilde du Saint-Sacrement (1614-1698),...
