An Introduction to the Devout Life child Hold on to your horses

Hold on to your horses and get ready for the ride of your life

Reflections for each day of Advent and the Christmas season begin with a scriptural quotation and continue with a thought from the writings of Thomas Merton on a timely theme: the Incarnation

Beneath each illustration is a quote from scripture that pertains to the story that is depicted above

By accepting the desolation and difficulty of this process

An Introduction to the Devout Life child Hold on to your horsesYou aim at true devotion, my dear Philothea, because, as a Christian, you know how acceptable it is to the Divine Majesty. But inasmuch as trifling errors at the outset of any undertaking are wont to increase rapidly as we advance, frequently becoming almost irreparable, it is needful that, first of all, you should ascertain wherein lies the virtue of devotion. St. Francis de Sales Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but how many of us actually know how