Oh Beata Solitudo!


"The friend is me and I am the friend"
(Matteo Ricci)


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Let´s make the web worthwhile!!!!!

The following is a link to the Parish of St Benedict in the Archdiocese of Boston, USA. It uploads video clips every week explaining the Sunday Gospel with a very close eye on how to apply the words of Jesus Christ in our ordinary life. Although mostly spoken in an American reality, I think we can all take something from what Jesus tells us through Fr Robert J. Curr. http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=stbenedictsomerville Here is a sample video: The Solemnity of Christ the King God Bless Us All
Read more

St Symeon the New Theologian's Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Come, O true light! Come, O eternal life! Come, O hidden mystery! Come, O indescribable treasure! Come, O ineffable thing! Come, O inconceivable person! Come, O endless delight! Come, O unsetting light! Come, O true and fervent expectation of all those who will be saved! Come, O rising of those who lie down! Come, O resurrection of the dead! Come, O powerful one, who always creates and re-creates and transforms by your will alone! Come, O invisible and totally intangible and untouchable! Come, O you who always remain immobile and at each moment move all, and come to us, who lie in hades, you who are above all heavens. Come, O desirable and legendary name, which is completely impossible for us to express what you are or to know your nature. Come, O eternal joy! Come, O unwithering wreath! Come, O purple of the great king our God! Come, O crystalline cincture, studded with precious stones! Come, O inaccessible sandal! Come, O ...
Read more

Георгий Свиридов

Image
Святый Боже ('Holy God') Зарю бьют ('Dawn Strikes') The dawn beats. From my hand my shabby copy of Dante falls to the ground. On my lips, the half-pronounced verse ceases to shape meaning. - My soul flies far off. - Familiar, everyday living sound, although you often radiate far out, I shrink away - into my silent sense of age. 'Pastoral'
Read more