列印 "BY YOUR WORK, YOU SHOW WHAT YOU
LOVE AND WHAT YOU KNOW."
- Saint Bruno
If there is always a certain uneasy questioning of the contemplative life,
there is an even greater puzzlement about the extremely
penitential combination of community
and hermit life lived by the Carthusians. May we mirror Saint Bruno’s
quest for holiness and unity with God.
＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊
Galatians 1:13-24
You have heard of
列印 We rarely discover love in a vacuum;
we see it reflected back to us
when someone stays through our messiness,
forgives a misstep, or listens without judgment.
＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊
Galatians 1:6-12
I am surprised
列印 Jesus calls His followers to wholehearted devotion, self-denial,
and prioritizing God's reign above all worldly comforts.
The Kingdom as a gift received through simple faith
and trust rather than wealth or human effort.
＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊
Job 9:1-12, 14-16
Then Job answered:
列印 " The kingdom of heaven of heaven will be taken from you,
and given to a people who will produce its fruit,"
Where a landowner rents out his vineyard, and the tenants beat and kill the servants—
and eventually the landowner's son—sent to collect the harvest.
The privilege was instead entrusted to a new community or people—encompassing both Jews and Gentiles
who put their faith in Christ—who would bear genuine spiritual fruit (righteousness, obedience, and faith).
Because they rejected Him (the Son/Cornerstone).
Isaiah 5:1-7
Let me sing
列印 When Jesus sees him, He calls Nathanael a true man with no deceit.
Nathanael asks, "How do you know me?"
Nothing about you is hidden from Him, even before you meet Him.''
＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊
Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 (or Revelation 12:7-12a)
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列印
＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊
Job 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17
This was
列印
Ｗoever is least among the community is the greatest.
Jesus turned worldly views of power and status upside down
by showing that true honor comes from serving others rather than seeking authority.
＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊
Job 1:6-22
One day
列印 God said to Moses: "my angel shall go before thee."
The concept is widely affirmed across major denominations,
every person is assigned a unique angel at birth to help steer them
toward good and protect them from harm.
＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊
Job 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5
Then Yahweh
列印 " Truly, I say to you the publicans and the prostitutes are
ahead of you on the way to the kingdom of heaven."
＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊
Ezekiel 18:25-28
But you say:
列印 "IF EVERY TINY FLOWER WANTED TO BE A ROSE,
SPRING WOULD LOSE ITS LOVELINESS."
- Saint Therese of Lisieux
A Carmelite nun called the “Little Flower,”
who lived a cloistered life of obscurity in the convent of Lisieux, France.
And her preference for hidden sacrifice did indeed convert souls.
Thérèse Martin entered the convent at the age of 15 and died in 1897 at the age of 24.
Life in a Carmelite convent is indeed uneventful and consists mainly of prayer.
＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊
Job 19:21-27
Have pity
列印 "THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO SALVATION OUTSIDE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH."
- Saint Cosmas & Saint Damian
The phrase "Outside the Church there is no salvation" means that all salvation
comes from Jesus Christ through the Catholic Church, which is His Body,
though God's grace can still reach those who are invincibly ignorant of this through no fault of their own.
＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊
Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:8
Rejoice, young man,
