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...
With Mectilde de Bar: In the School of the Host
Let all the hard and rugged paths by which we walk towards God be set before him. (Rule of Saint Benedict, Chapter LVIII. Of the...
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),...