"So even as the artist proceeds in one direction, he or she is mystically met by Christ, rushing to meet him from the other direction, rewarding the Prodigal's return."
By way of Beauty to Truth
The Saints are Molded in Mary
excerpt from True Devotion to Mary by Saint Louis De Montfort
Dark Skies, Night Skies, Falling Stars
Artwork by Vija Celmins (b.1938)
A point of eternity in the soul
Simone Weil / Søren Kierkegaard
By Creating Worlds in the Befouled Unworld
Bernard Stiegler, The Age of Disruption / Psalm 84 / True Devotion to Mary / "to believe in the possibility of a miracle"
Saint Francis Discerns His Calling
Doubt and discernment in the life of Saint Francis as told by Saint Bonaventure
Varieties of tears in the Dialogue of Saint Catherine of Siena
Passing from finite weeping into that which is infinite
Psalm 102
"I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the housetop" (Ps 102:7 KJV)
Simone Weil, Affliction & the metaphor of the Nail
"He whose soul remains ever turned toward God through the nail, though the nail pierces it, finds himself nailed to the very center of the universe"
The Molting Wings
Reflections on the swans wing molt
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