Destruction of Jerusalem – Locus Communis

Quomodo sedet sola civitas

Quomodo sedet sola civitas plena populo,Facta est quasi viduaDomina gentium princeps provinciarumfacta est sub tributo. How doth the city sit solitary that was full of people!How is she become as a widow!The mistress of the Gentiles, and princess among the provinces,How she is made tributary! Lamentations 1:1, Tenebrae Matins of Maundy Thursday

Almighty God is accustomed to visit every sinful soul in many ways.

Almighty God is accustomed to visit every sinful soul in many ways. He visits her relentlessly by her commandments, sometimes by a trial, sometimes even by a miracle, so that she hears the truths she did not know, and – if still she remains full of pride and contempt – that she returns to GodContinue reading “Almighty God is accustomed to visit every sinful soul in many ways.”