The Smoldering Candle

 

 

The truth appeared like a great candle
lighting the whole world with its brilliant flame.

—St. Bernadine of Siena

 

A POWERFUL image came to me… an image that carries both encouragement and warning.

Those who have been following these writings know that their purpose has been specifically to prepare us for the times which lay directly ahead of the Church and world. They are not so much about catechesis as calling us into a safe Refuge.

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