The De Beers Jewelry marketing slogan of “Diamonds are Forever” might have been a perfect catchphrase for Saint Teresa’s “Diamond”, better known to us as the Interior Castle. However, this company was not yet around in 1577 when she was ordered to...
Sometimes the early morning sky, just before the light of the new day dawns, is so still and quiet that I think I am at the threshold of heaven. The atmosphere itself is permeated in a prayerful stillness. The beauty of these moments absorbs my total being and...
Dear Sister Mary Colombiere,I have heard of meditation and contemplation and sometimes the words seem to be interchangable. Is there a difference between the two?Let us begin by saying that the basic difference between meditation and contemplation is that meditation...