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by bcadmin | Sep 17, 2022 | Catherine of Siena, doctors of the Church, Hildegard von Bingen, mysticism, News, Teresa of Avila, The Dispatch, Therese of Lisieux | 0 |
Among the other female Doctors of the Church—Teresa of Avila, Catherine of Siena, and Therese of Lisieux—Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) blazes in colors all her own. Medievalist Peter Dronke describes her as “an overpowering, electrifying […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 27, 2022 | Dominican Order, Featured, mysticism, News, Prayer, Sophia Excerpts, St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila | 0 |
The stages of prayer form, so to speak, a résumé of the mystical life as a whole; and the mystical life, it can be said, in a certain sense takes in the entire spiritual life and even the whole Christian life in the strict sense of the term — since every faithful Christian, by the […]
by bcadmin | Mar 24, 2022 | Asceticism, Books, contemplation, Features, Fr Donald Haggerty, History, Ignatius Press, Mother Teresa, mysticism, News, Prayer, Saint John of the cross, Spirituality | 0 |
The history of the Catholic Church features a number of great spiritual masters, saints, and mystics. Some of the giants of the Church’s rich spiritual and mystical tradition include Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Saint Teresa […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 5, 2021 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, mysticism, News, Prayer, Sophia Excerpts, sprituality | 0 |
Many people never listen to God because they are not aware that He speaks to them. Yet, God does speak. One way to live in His presence is to acquire the habit of recognizing His voice when He speaks. If we do not know that God wishes to communicate with us, or the ways He has […]
by bcadmin | Apr 21, 2021 | Best of Week, contemplation, Featured, mysticism, News, Saints, Sophia Excerpts, St. Catherine of Siena | 0 |
When we contemplate, we set aside a place, either externally in the physical world or interiorly within our minds and hearts, or both, to ponder, observe, and meditate. After Catherine donned the habit of the Mantellate she spent three years in seclusion, except when she went to church for confession and Mass, in the small […]
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