Deep Calls To Deep
"Hear, O daughter, and see; turn your ear, forget your people and your father's house. So shall the King desire your beauty" (Ps 45, 17)." A sister from Hope's Garden shares the Bridegroom's wooing.
“Yes” to God’s Will
Dear Roses, God wants us to be like His most precious Son and so He allows trials and sufferings that have the potential to make us more Christ-like. The key is these events have the potential to sanctify us but…
The Beautiful Truth
Dear Roses, Not surprisingly, the following quote from St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, (Edith Stein), took my thoughts to The Song of Songs. “If the love of Christ lives in us, then we do as He did and seek…
Heavenly Warrior on the Battlefield of the Internet
"Being more closely united to Christ, those who dwell in heaven fix the whole Church more firmly in holiness. . . . They do not cease to intercede with the Father for us, as they proffer the merits which they…
The Triumph of Virtue over Vice
Lord, give me the grace to recognize each daily opportunity to grow nearer to You through the arduous struggle of practicing virtue.
How St. Therese Helped Save My Life
How This Powerful Intercessor Helped Saved My Life
The Fragrant Nard of Your Life
“‘My nard’, says the Bride. She might as well say: my life! For this is in fact her whole being, the very essence of her being that is poured out at the feet of the King. To her King, who…
Unique Love
Dear lovely Roses, What stirs your love for Jesus? Perhaps it is reading of His healing miracles, praying with Psalms of praise, singing of His love, gazing upon sacred art, praying the Rosary and contemplating His life with Mother Mary,…
Awakening to the Spiritual Senses
De explores the spiritual senses, senses given to us by God to help us come to know that which is spiritual in nature, most especially, God Himself.
The Sacredness of Night
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity writes, "O my beloved Christ...I wish to be a bride for Your heart...I ask You to identify my soul with all the movements of Your Soul...I want to spend my life in listening to You...then, through all nights, all voids, all helplessness, I want to gaze on You always and remain in Your great light. O my beloved Star, so fascinate me that I may not withdraw from Your radiance." Teach us, dear Jesus, how to remain in Your radiance even as we sleep.
God’s Love Song
As God creates each human person, He’s singing to us.. a timeless song of true love is engraved, inscribed deep into our hearts by God Himself.
The Bride Returns to Her True Home
How the Heart of God swells with love as He gazes upon His maid of Shulam, His Daughter of Peace and His beloved Spouse.