Protected: The Rule, or: The redeeming ways of Nazareth
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medieval saints
Saint Anthony of Padua preaching to the fishes
A fisher of men “As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and…
A saintly Spanish farmer and his wife: San Isidro Labrador
“The five saints“ The 15th May is the feast day of San Isidro Labrador, Saint Isidore the Farmer, and of his wife…
Saint Dominic de Guzmán, and the “new wine of Dominican spirituality“
A sect of misery: the “pure ones“ In the 12th century, a movement established itself in certain parts of Europe, especially in…
Saint Dominic de Guzmán‘s nine ways of praying
Students of Saint Dominic de Guzmán (1170-1221), the founder of the “Order of Preachers“, the Dominicans, observed that he had nine distinct…
Saint Catherine of Siena in Rome
Agony at Rome I close the biographical book on one of the most well-known saintly women, which I have just finished reading,…
Food recommendations with Saint Hildegard of Bingen
Certainly, life is “more than food“ (Matthew 6: 25), yet it also is not less. So today I’d like to share with…
Excerpts from the “Spiritual Exercises“ of Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Live like a warrior There‘s a song by the Reggae artist Matisyahu titled Live like a warrior where the artist sings in…