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[Middy]

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A FEW BLUNT WORDS TO CATHOLICS
Before you explore any other pages on our site, please take
a moment to read the following statement, which was prepared by one of
the priests...

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[Middy]

 
   HOW OLD IS YOUR CHURCH?

 THIS IS A MOST INTERESTING QUESTION!!!
 THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WILL ASTOUND MANY OF YOU!
  If you are a LUTHERAN,
your religion was founded by Martin Luther,
an ex-monk of the Catholic Church,
IN THE YEAR 1517. ...

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[Jacob CAN]

CHAPTER LXVII

OF ANOTHER KIND OF PERVERTED MEN

NOW we find yet another kind of perverted men, who are in some points different from those already described; though they too believe themselves to be exempted from all works, and to be instruments with which God works what He...

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[Jacob CAN]

Brother Giles was one of St. Francis of assisi's original disciples.  Brother Giles was known for his austerity, wisdom, fortitude and physical endurance.  His spirituality encompasses and embraces the original fervor, poverity of spirit and mendicancy which St. Francis aspired...

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[Jacob CAN]

Hadewijch -- often called Hadewijch of Brabant or sometimes Hadewijch of Antwerp -- lived in the 13th century in what is now Belgium. She is rightly called one of the greatest names in medieval Flemish and Dutch literature.

Little can be said for certain about the life of Hadewijch....

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[Jacob CAN]

'My Dove in the Clefts of the Rock'
Sermon 61 on The Song of Songs
'Arise my love, my bride, and come.' The bridegroom draws attention to the greatness of his love by repeating words of love. Now repetition is the sign of affection, and since he again invites his...

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[Jacob CAN]

-To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God.

-What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love.

-When you are thwarted, it is your own attitude that is out of order.

-One person who has mastered life is...

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[Jacob CAN]

commentary on the writing of Dietrich of Frieburg- a medeival thinker and member of the dominican order- he wrote treatises relating to many fields of study also his treatises on light on colour and on the rainbow contributed much to the advance of optics- this is  a commentary  on his...

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[Jacob CAN]

one more from Meister Eckhart

All that a man bears for God's sake, God makes light and sweet for him...
If all was right with you, your sufferings would no longer be suffering, but love and comfort.

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If God could have given to men anything more noble...

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[Jacob CAN]

An excerpt from the writings of Meister Eckhart a German theologian and mystic who lived in the early thirteen hundreds.  Although he was tried for heresy he died before he received a verdict.  In 1329, Pope John XXII issued a bull condemning as heretical 28 of Eckhart's...

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[Jacob CAN]

From the writings of the Blessed Jan Van Ruysbroeck (The Sparkling Stone)- a 14th century flemish mysticwhose writings have influenced and guided many saints in the path to spiritual perfection-

SHOWING HOW WE MAY RECOGNISE THOSE MEN WHO FAIL IN CHARITY TO ALL

THERE are some...

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[Jacob CAN]

an inspiring message from Elizabeth of the Trinity- carmelite contemplative nun who spent the last eight months of her life in the throes of a passion which conformed her being to the Beloved (CHrist)- she was the victim of Addison's disease- an endocrine disorder with no cure at the time- her...

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