Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity. (Saint John Henry Newman, +1890)
Day: February 4, 2025
Saint Andrew Corsini
Saint Andrew Corsini (1302 – 1374) was born in Florence on November 30th. Hence, he was fittingly named after the great Apostle. Alas, ‘Andrea’ did not live much like an apostle in youth, which was spent in dissolution, as do so many in those insouciant salad days. His mother’s words of concern for his soul[…]
A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is, when its ruling class has lost its function but succeeds in clinging to power by force or fraud. (George Orwell, +1950)
The Gift of Consecrated Life
The recent feast of the Presentation of Our Jesus Christ at the Temple, the child Who is truly the light of the world, is also celebrate the World Day of Consecrated Life. How much I love to see consecrated life as a gift! Here I am greatly reminded of that stupendous message written by Pope[…]