He is the Way.Follow Him through the Land of Unlikeness;You will see rare beasts, and have unique adventures. He is the Truth.Seek Him in the Kingdom of Anxiety;You will come to a great city that has expected your return for years. He is the Life.Love Him in the World of the Flesh;And at your marriageContinue reading “He is the Way”
Author Archives: Stefan Gramenz
Prayer for a New Mother by Dorothy Parker
The things she knew, let her forget again –The voices in the sky, the fear, the cold,The gaping shepherds, and the queer old menPiling their clumsy gifts of foreign gold. Let her have laughter with her little one;Teach her the endless, tuneless songs to sing,Grant her her right to whisper to her sonThe foolish namesContinue reading “Prayer for a New Mother by Dorothy Parker”
Love and necessity control all law
Love and necessity control all law; and there should be no law that cannot be enforced and applied in love. If it cannot, then let it be done away with, even though an angel from heaven had promulgated it. All this is intended to help and strengthen our hearts and consciences. In this way ourContinue reading “Love and necessity control all law”
What is this trumpet?
What is this trumpet, which declares war against hell, rolls back the stone from the tomb, thunders forth life to the dead, and gives to all as they rise from their graves victory amid light everlasting? What is it? It is that to which the Lord referred above: The dead shall hear the voice ofContinue reading “What is this trumpet?”
Martin Luther on the Tenth Leper
As plain as it is, great is the example this Gospel presents to us. In the leper it teaches us faith, in Christ it teaches us love. Now, as I have often said, faith and love constitute the whole character of the Christian. Faith receives, love gives. Faith brings man to God, love brings manContinue reading “Martin Luther on the Tenth Leper”
St. Ambrose on the Gospel of St. Luke
It is in the form of history, we said, that this book of the Gospel was written. So we see that, compared to others, Luke puts his care into reporting facts rather than formulating precepts. Even, in the manner of a story, it begins with a story: “There was,” said he, “in the days whenContinue reading “St. Ambrose on the Gospel of St. Luke”
Large Catechism on the Second Article of the Creed
If now you are asked, What do you believe in the Second Article of Jesus Christ? answer briefly: I believe that Jesus Christ, true Son of God, has become my Lord. But what is it to become Lord? It is this, that He has redeemed me from sin, from the devil, from death, and allContinue reading “Large Catechism on the Second Article of the Creed”
Many fragments
The self love and cleverness of men, alienating them from each other and perverting the law, have cut our single human nature into many fragments. St. Maximus the Confessor
Corrie ten Boom on Forgiveness
It was in a church in Munich that I saw him, a balding heavyset man in a gray overcoat, a brown felt hat clutched between his hands. People were filing out of the basement room where I had just spoken, moving along the rows of wooden chairs to the door at the rear. It wasContinue reading “Corrie ten Boom on Forgiveness”
St. Augustine on Matthew 22
Let charity be advanced, so be it nourished, that being nourished it may be perfected; so be “the wedding garment” put on; so be the image of God, after which we were created, by this our advancing, engraven anew in us. For by sin was it bruised, and worn away. How is it bruised? howContinue reading “St. Augustine on Matthew 22”
Locus Communis 