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Nota in Brevis
Merton, Charbel and the Contemplative Life
In light of today's Saint Charbel - a hermit and contemplative - and last Sunday's Gospel on the roles of of 'Martha' and 'Mary', I thought I'd share this intriguing essay by Thomas Merton,...
Saints
Saint Charbel’s Holy Hidden Life
God often works through hidden ways, and those who live a hidden life. Amare nesciri, Saint Philip Neri was wont to say, 'love to be unknown'. Behind the noise of the world, the saints...
Editor's Corner
All Roads Lead to Rome
On this feast of Saint Bridget of Sweden, one of the four co-patrons of Europe (along with Saint Benedict, Saint Catherine of Siena and Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross), it's fitting to post...
Editor's Corner
Saint Bridget, Sweden’s Charitable Bibliophile
Long before Sweden was known for ABBA and IKEAÂ â two exports not to everyoneâs taste, even if billion-dollar brands â along with a soft version of socialism and moribund demographics, the northern nation...
Editor's Corner
Mary Magdalene’s Metanoia
A blessed feast of Mary Magdalene, which - or who - was raised from memorial status in the liturgical revisions of 1969 to a full feast by a decree of Pope Francis in 2016....
Editor's Corner
Saint Lawrence of Brindisi: Bible and Cappucino
Guilio Cesare Russo was born to a family of Venetian merchants, but not in Venice, but rather far to the south, in the village of Brindisi, right down on the heel of the boot...
Nota in Brevis
There and Back Again
I returned from Rome late last night, around about midnight â at least, all the way back home, which required an hourâs walk through the city, to catch the bus to the airport (on...
Editor's Corner
Saint Arsenius the Great, and the Silent
Saint Arsenius, called âthe Greatâ, (350 â 445), whom we recall on this 19th of July, was one of the early monks of the desert, and founders of the eremitical way of monastic life....
