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| Saint Hugh of Grenoble in the Carthusian Refectory (1630-35) by Francisco de Zurbarán |
O BEATA SOLITUDO
“O beata solitudo, o sola beatitudo!”
Beata solitudo, sola beatitudo: Falsely attributed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, now known to come from the work of Cornelius Muys (1500-1572), a Dutch priest, humanist, poet, and contemporary of the well-known humanist Desiderius Erasmus
Original source of quote: Cornelius Muys, Vigilate et orate. Solitudo siue Vita solitaria, laudata: Cornelio Musio Delpho Encomiaste (1566)
Publisher: Antuerpiae: ex officina Christophori Plantini
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When a person is fully in the presence of God, he discovers he is not alone but rather fully alive in communion with the angels and saints.
When a person is fully in the presence of God, he discovers he is not alone but rather fully alive in communion with the angels and saints.
SOLITUDE VERSUS ISOLATION
ReplyDeleteWhen a person maintains in habitual grace and in constant prayer to God, he is not alone. He lives in communion with God in a bond of love. He is united to the Mystical Body of Christ.
When in the state of sanctifying grace he perseveres in prayer, applying himself to the ascetical struggle and seeking the face of God in all things, he is joined in love to God in the communion of the saints. He exists not in isolation but rather in unity. It is the solitude of the monk.
In contrast, the soul in hell exists in utter isolation. There is no love in hell. Souls exist only in the aggregate, and they cannot relate to each other in love. It is the most unspeakable and damnable isolation possible and conceivable.
See 1:49:
“I have a question for you. In the name of Jesus Christ, you must answer me.” …The demon said this. …“How stupid you are, priest. …Now listen to this. Down here, everyone lives folded in on himself and torn apart by his regrets. There is no relationship with anyone. Everyone finds themselves in the most profound ‘solitude’ and desperately weeps for the evil that they have committed.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_K2RufW-cI
—Armor of God: Spiritual Warfare, “Catholic priest explains: When the kids are obsessed with KPOP BTS | You should definitely be afraid,” YouTube video, 30:33 minutes, June 15, 2024
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The demons are compelled to answer the exorcist, who is a Roman Catholic priest conducting a major exorcism—only priests with exorcism faculties from a Roman Catholic bishop can do major exorcisms. The priest asks the demon in the name of Jesus Christ to reveal information that is related in a necessary way to the exorcism underway, so that the demon is compelled to answer truthfully. As a rule, demons lie. However, under the aforementioned special conditions, they are compelled to tell the truth and cannot do otherwise. Demons in themselves are a worthless source of information, which is generally entirely false or tainted by falsehood, but under the special conditions of revelation that have been described, they are compelled to reveal their knowledge normally inaccessible to human beings.
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