Love Take Me Captive
O Captain of my heartOn Love’s TreeYou penetrate the Lie. You, victorious in Death,Descend, piercing the EarthTo ransom Adam’s seed. Scale my stony ramparts;Pull down vanity’s tower.Besiege the Gates of Hell. Trumpet Your holy rage.As with thundering steed and burnished sword,Capture, and hold fast, my soul. Call “Beloved” Your desolate one;Call “Espoused” she who mournsHer … Continue reading
ON THE MYSTERIES by St. Ambrose
We are born again of water and the Holy Spirit What did you see in the baptistery? Water certainly, but not water alone. You saw the levites ministering there, the high priest asking questions and consecrating. First of all, the Apostle taught you that we must fix our eyes, not on the things that are seen … Continue reading
Be Holy! 