HOLY SILENCE

St. Nicholas, please pray for us so that we can contemplate the gift of God incarnate. Help us to shun unnecessary activity, resist...

"The Virgin's gift to us of 'the Word of God' was different from that of the prophets, and the relationship that was formed and endured...

There is a great difference between teaching about Christ and embodying Him. This is the difference between Mary and the rest of us. She...

"Servitude here is the servitude of love for God and it is a fruit of freedom. No one can serve God freely in fullness of spirit, heart,...

Humility is the only way that we grow in union with God. #humility #theosis #ContemplativePrayer

"According to this covenant that she took upon herself, she became, as far as she herself was concerned, committed to virginity, and as...

Mary "gave herself to God as His handmaid, or slave, in the sense that she committed herself totally to Him, body, soul, and spirit. By...

Overjoyed by God's gift of a daughter, Mary's parents, Joachim and Anna, brought her into the Jerusalem Temple when she was about three...

"We fast and offer our bodies as a sacrifice; the outward form of this is bearing fatigue, but its essence is the intentional acceptance...

"The Lord crucified Himself for the world before the world crucified Him. He carried out the offering of His body, His self, as a...