‘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.
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
THE GREAT TESTIMONY THE WORLD EXPECTS OF US WHO BELIEVE
‘This life’, writes St John of the Cross, ‘is not good if it is not an imitation of (Christ’s) life.’
The life of a Christian ... is of value only in the measure that it mirrors his life.
This is the great testimony that the world expects of us who believe, and it is the most efficacious and convincing of testimonies.
- Fr Gabriel of St Mary Magdalen, 'Divine Intimacy'.
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