• “In case any are puzzled by the different translations from which I draw strength and help and delight, it is like this: In studying any object with the microscope we use different lenses and turn the mirror in various ways; each change brings out some new wonder and beauty. So it is for those who are not Greek or Hebrew scholars, and who use the work of scholars to open the meaning of the exhaustible Word–the Bible is richer than any single version can fully show.” – Amy Carmichael

Middle Ages

Christ Has No Body by Teresa of Avila

Christ has no body but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which… Continue reading

The Ground of Our Praying – Julian of Norwich

Prayer is the deliberate and persevering action of the soul. It is true and enduring, and full of grace. Prayer… Continue reading

Treats of the great need which we have to beseech the Eternal Father by Teresa of Avila

Chapter 38

Treats of the great need which we have to beseech the Eternal Father to grant us what we… Continue reading

How the desire of this soul grew when God showed her the neediness of the world. by Catherine of Siena

This desire was great and continuous, but grew much more, when the First Truth showed her the neediness of the… Continue reading

Women In Ministry – History, by Richard Riss

A BRIEF HISTORY OF SOME WOMEN IN MINISTRY – During the first century, many women were active in Christian ministry.… Continue reading

Excerpt from ‘Dialogo’ Part 2 by St Catherine

CHAPTER I

Of a new love which God poured into her heart, by which he drew her Spirit to himself.—The… Continue reading

Autobiography of St. Catherine

Of the parents and ancestors of the blessed Catherine, and how at eight years of age she began to do… Continue reading

  • “I was restored, as it were, to perfect life and set wholly at liberty. I was no longer depressed, no longer borne down under the burden of sorrow. I had thought God lost, and lost forever; but I found Him again.” – Madame Guyon

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