Make your heart a living tabernacle of the sweet sacramental Jesus, keep him with you always, and embrace him often with holy affections because these are the arms of the soul.
(Letter of St. Paul of the Cross to Teresa Palozzi, June 8, 1758)
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The Contemplative Passionist Life
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". . . our perfection does not consist in doing big and exceptional things, but in doing well the common things . . . and those which ... -
-- "With regard to your vocation, wait on the loving breath of the Holy Spirit and live entirely abandoned in the divine ... -
Saint Gemma was born on March 12, 1878 near the town of Lucca, in Italy. Even from her earliest childhood, she loved the gospel stories of ... -
On September 24, we celebrated the memorial of our Passionist Saint Vincent Mary Strambi. He was born on January 1, 1745 in Civitavecchia, ... -
On September 15th, we celebrated the Solemnity of Our Lady of Sorrows, the Patroness of our Congregation and our Monastery. The original ru...