‘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.
Saturday 6 February 2016
SOMETHING PITHY ABOUT PERFECTION (from St Teresa of Avila)
We will not reach perfection in the love of neighbour if that love doesn’t
rise from love of God as its root.- Teresa of Avila, The Interior Castle.
So it seems it's not all about just loving one another, after all ...
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