With humility and reverence (XX)
CHAPTER XX. Of Reverence at Prayer 25 Feb. 27 June. 27 Oct. If, when we wish to make any request to men in power, we...
He sets fire everywhere
In this letter, Mother Mectilde imparts some profound spiritual teaching with humour. Mother Mectilde is counted among 17th century France’s greatest writers of spiritual letters....
Soon to be Blessed: Mother Clelia Merloni
A Blessed Who Will Give Hope I was delighted recently to receive an invitation to the beatification of Mother Clelia Merloni (1861–1930), foundress of the...
An Irish Bishop Who Died in Italy
Blessed Thaddeus McCarthy We kept today the commemoration of Blessed Thaddeus Machar (McCarthy). When we first began following the Irish Sanctoral, and I had to...
Some sayings of Mother Mectilde
Nothing so charms God as does a person who is humble. He rushes into this soul with the same speed as lightening before thunder or...