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Interior Castle
Imagine the soul as a diamond, one which God resides in its center: The center burns brightest, and the surrounding facets are each one step closer to that Light. It’s not linear, but concurrent, as each facet competes with and supports one another. That’s the concept behind Interior Castle, where St. Teresa of Avila describes… Continue reading
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My Confirmation Namesake
I’d been searching for a book on St. Edith Stein for some months. I’d claimed her name as my own in Confirmation, but knew merely the basics of her story—she was a feminist during WWII, a Jewish convert who perished in Auschwitz. With “basics” like that, I was eager to know more. On the first… Continue reading
And they said to him, “Inquire of God, we pray thee, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed.”
And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the LORD.”
—Judges 18:5–6