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Lumen Christi Candles 25% Off Through Sunday! http://www.paracletepress.com/priory-lumen.html The ritual of lighting candles can bring peace and beauty to your daily routine, and add a graceful touch to your dining table, your mantel, and any other room in your home. … Continue reading →

October 15 Echoes of Eternity Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. Psalm … Continue reading →

By Renaissance Girl There is a group of about 44 of us, on pilgrimage in Italy right now. The first full day of our trip was in Barga, the location of the newly opened Mount Tabor Ecumenical Centre for Art … Continue reading →

Forest Dweller: Half a century later I am tired of being a householder, loose the attachment to its furnishings, those tawdry trinkets of the little self, cast off mooring to place, but keep a rootedness in the loam of gratitude … Continue reading →

October 14 Echoes of Eternity For the word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner … Continue reading →

October 13 Echoes of Eternity So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Jonah 3:3 Come to My side where rivers of mercy flow freely. Cleansing and renewal are ever to be found here. … Continue reading →

Gregorian Chant: The Eternal Song http://www.communityofjesus.org/?p=4087926 Gregorian Chant: The Eternal Songwww.communityofjesus.orgBy Cantor A Willing Spirit While chanting Psalm 51 this morning at Lauds, this phrase caught my attention: #quot;…et spiritu promptissimo confirma me#quot; (…and give me a willing spirit). What … Continue reading →

By Cantor A Willing Spirit While chanting Psalm 51 this morning at Lauds, this phrase caught my attention: “…et spiritu promptissimo confirma me” (…and give me a willing spirit). What struck me was the word translated as “willing” is “promptissimo,” … Continue reading →

October 12 Echoes of Eternity Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Hebrews 11:3 New every morning is My … Continue reading →