Learning Great Silence: Venice (photographs)

Letter of Saint Bruno

Rejoice then my brothers over the lot of overflowing happiness that has fallen to you and for the grace of God that you have received in such abundance. Rejoice that you have succeeded in escaping the countless dangers and shipwrecks of this storm-tossed world and have reached a quiet anchorage in the security of a hidden harbor. Many would like to join you - and many are those who make a considerable effort to do so - but fail in their attempt. What is more, many are shut out after having attained, since it was not in God's plan to give them this grace. Therefore, my brothers, count it a certitude proven time and time again: whoever has once experienced so enviable a good and subsequently lost it for whatever reasons will grieve over his loss to the end of his days, if he has any regard or concern for the salvation of his soul.

Learning Great Silence

19 February 2011

Venice (photographs)

0 comments: