CROWNING WITH THORNS

"...the only way by which a religious can become a saint and be saved, is to observe her Rule..." "...every religious who gives bad example by inattention to the Rule does an injury to her own soul and to her fervent companions... so the longer a religious is engaged in the meditation of Jesus crucified, the greater should be her progress in the science of the saints and in Christian perfection." "...When manifest abuses and relaxation of discipline steal into a convent, it i

Loving through Illness: Mental Illness and the Beauty of Suffering - Homiletic & Pastoral Review (October 2025) Suffering Through Mental Illness with God's Love - Catholic Stand - (November 2025) Why do some speak so strongly against mental illness and those who suffer with it? With mental illness as common today as many other illnesses of the body, one questions why there is a negative stigma connected to illnesses of the mind. One's brain is simply another part of the human