Suffering With Joy

Secret Harbor

February 5, 2010

Rule of St. Bruno approved by Jesus, the Blessed Virgin and St. Peter, fresco, Museo della Certoso, Milan

A priest friend of mine suggested I add this gorgeous Carthusian blog to my blogroll.  The pictures are lovely and the short meditations wonderful.  I especially like their subtitle:

Rejoice, because you have escaped the various dangers and shipwrecks of the stormy world. Rejoice because you have reached the quiet and safe anchorage of a secret harbor. -  Saint Bruno’s letter to his sons the Carthusians

We are fortunate that men of deep prayer like the Carthusians exist and that we have a site like Sacred Harbor to bring their spirituality to us.  Following Pope John Paul II’s recommendations that the Church make better use of the media enriches us all.  Since it is difficult for most Catholics to have a spiritual director, we have to fend for ourselves.  Thank God for the opportunities He gives us with these kinds of blogs.

If you love sacred art, you will love seeing the photographs of the frescos of St. Bruno at Milan.  Sacred art and all true beauty aids us in suffering with joy for God.  Contemplating it is prayer.

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Another topic: I received an email from a friend which encouraged all people of America to  say a prayer for our country each night at 8:00 Central time.  This initiative is like the one Winston Churchill went on radio to promote in Britain during World War II when their country was bombed nightly by Germany.

Please invite all your friends to participate in this daily effort.  America must return to the principles on which she was founded or she will perish. Darkness already envelopes much of the world.  Let us plead before God that Christ reign in all hearts and that our individual lights lit by Him truly shine among men.  The best ammunition we have against the powers of darkness is prayer.

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Tags: Catholic Church, joy, sacred art

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