Intercede for me and pray for my spiritual sons and daughters so that we may have a stable foundation of deep prayer and a ministry of healing the afflicted. Today, I am reminded of the motto of your Carthusian Order: "Stat crux dum volvitur orbis" (Latin for "The Cross is steady while the world turns"). Saint Bruno of Cologne, by Nicolas Mignard.

We built it and We've been so proud of it. The machine, I mean. The efficient, soul-crushing Machine that has become our life. And no,...

The Feast of the Transfiguration has great meaning for us in the spiritual life. It not only reveals the eternal glory of Christ...

Pray for me St. Symeon and lead me along the paths of prayer in solitude and the building up of a community of faithful who desire to...

We humbly ask you to intercede for us, St. Filarete of Calabria. Teach us how to serve others without concern for the personal cost and...

I cannot see it Hear it Smell it Taste it, or Touch it. Yet, it has never escaped my notice. An infinitely thin space, which bridges the...

My Dearest Paul, I have loved, respected, and admired you for many years. But ever since I visited your desert home, I have felt such a...

My Dearest Babylas, You were a man, a hesychast, and a martyr of two worlds (3rd c.). You were born in the East, lived in the West, and...

The Holy Spirit communicates and each of us must listen carefully to discern what is being ‘said.’ St. Seraphim of Sarov, who is...

My dearest St. Hugh of Lincoln (1140-1200), you who witnessed my baptism and helped to guide me along the dual paths of silence and...