‘Canto fermo’ is the term for an existing melody used as the basis for a new composition. The prose and poetry of mystics like John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila and Edith Stein – all informed by the Gospel – is my ‘melody’. The ‘new composition’ is this blog and my indie novel ‘The Age for Love’. To buy my book go to amazon.com or smashwords.com and download to your kindle, iPad, phone or any reading device.
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
TRANSFORMATION OF THE HUMAN INTO THE DIVINE (Letter to Dom Post, June 3)
Even pithier ‘advice for a peaceful mind’ (June 3) is the mantra, ‘Jesus’ – or
alternatively the traditional version, ‘Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have
mercy on me, a sinner’. Repeated daily, if only for ten minutes to begin with,
this ‘mantra’ slowly but surely brings complete release from worry. Concerns
will remain, but no worries. The normal development of this practice, proven
over 2000 years, is eventual transformation of the human person into
the divine.
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