St Ambrose, On Psalm 118, sermo I,16 (the inner room of the Church is the body of Christ) Quod si cubiculum quaerimus, ipse nos edoceat, qui ait: Tu autem cum orabis, intra in cubiculum tuum: et clauso ostio ora patrem tuum in abscondito (Matth. VI, 6) . Cubiculum Ecclesiae corpus est Christi…

Joel 3,1 Et erit: effundam spiritum meum super omnem carnem, et prophetabunt filii vestri et filiae vestrae, senes vestri somnia somniabunt, et iuvenes vestri visiones videbunt;

Ps 119,54 Cántica factæ sunt mihi iustificatiónes tuæ in loco peregrinatiónis meæ. tus decretos eran mi canción en tierra extranjera. Your statutes have become my song wherever I dwell. J’ai fait de tes commandements mon cantique dans ma demeure d’étranger.

I finished this book. Really enjoyable. The science and technology described are enchanting; the humanity, more so. I imagine it’s hard to sustain a novel without including the villainous for dramatic purposes; Original meanness is absent from the story. It works.

Such a beautiful ordering of words: «.. la majestad de su grandeza, y el abismo de sus consejos sin suelo, y de su fuerza invencible el poder inmenso,..»

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Fray Luis de León OSA, *De los Nombres de Cristo* de la Carta introductoria: «Y la propia y verdadera sabiduría del hombre es saber mucho de Cristo; y, a la verdad, es la más alta y más divina sabiduría de todas, porque entenderle a Él es entender todos los tesoros de la sabiduría de Dios,..

St Ambrose, On Psalm 118, sermo I,6 (on doctrine without innocence) Sic est doctrina sine vitae innocentia. Sed nec ipsa doctrina potest mercedem habere, ubi gratiam non habet innocentiae.

Fray Luis de León OSA, *De los Nombres de Cristo* de la Carta introductoria: «Y la propia y verdadera sabiduría del hombre es saber mucho de Cristo; y, a la verdad, es la más alta y más divina sabiduría de todas, porque entenderle a Él es entender todos los tesoros de la sabiduría de Dios,..

Human beings think and operate out what they are most immersed in; only, our immersions have a way of hiding themselves from our view. Conversion is the grace of conscious movement(s) into a different immersion, an immersion into Christ. There is no bottom to that sea (Abyssus abyssum invocat).

Again, Ambrose on Ps 118, on the mysticism of the Incarnation. St Bernard speaks similarly in the 12th Century: .. osculatur nos Dei Verbum, quando sensum nostrum spiritus cognitionis illuminat .. the Word of God kisses us when the spirit of knowledge illuminates our sense [sensible perception]

Ps 31,20 Quam magna multitúdo dulcédinis tuæ, Dómine, quam abscondísti timéntibus te. Qué bondad tan grande, Señor, reservas para los que te temen, How great is the goodness, LORD, that you keep for those who fear you, Qu'ils sont grands, tes bienfaits Tu les réserves à ceux qui te craignent.

St Ambrose, On Psalm 118, sermo I,4 Where he takes a deliberate digression into the Song of Songs:

Ps 104,27-28 Omnia a te exspéctant, ut des illis escam in témpore suo. Dante te illis, cólligent, aperiénte te manum tuam, implebúntur bonis. All of these look to you to give them their food in due season. You give it, they gather it up; you open wide your hand, they are well filled.

St Ambrose (on Ps 118) on selective deafness: Respondebit ergo Veritas et pluribus: Diabolum audistis suadentem noxia, me non potuistis audire vitalia mandantem.

Job 42,8 Iob autem servus meus orábit pro vobis. Fáciem eius suscípiam, ut non vobis imputétur stultítia; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly;

Footnotes need not be merely useful informative and elaborative references, they can also be carefully placed sacramental signs of the deeper places where the noted discussion actually comes from. Or did I only imagine this, possibly after too much coffee?

On St Ignatius’ conversion and maturation: Memory, graced understanding, rational reflection: a move that happens before we even reflect on the way it happens. The description of the way it happens is essentially Augustinian.

Chrysólogus, Sermo 148: Adhuc tamen quid adíciat ad honórem tuum tuus Creátor excógitat: in te imáginem suam ponit, ut terris invisíbilem conditórem visíbilis imágo præséntem póneret, et in terrénis dedit tibi vices suas, ut non fraudarétur Dómini vicário mundi tam larga posséssio.

Statement on the current status of Sister Leticia “Letty” Ugboaja’s immigration case.

Ps 47,8 Quóniam rex omnis terræ Deus, psállite sapiénter. Porque Dios es el rey del mundo: tocad con maestría. For God is king of all the earth. Sing praise with a hymn. Car Dieu est le roi de la terre : que vos musiques l'annoncent.

Choosing the right word, the best least imperfect word known to a translator, is an act that delights and happily disappoints; The word chosen says something as it stretches and shades the gap between itself and the splendid word it tries to carry over. A human joy requiring time.

Ps 33,21 quia in eo lætábitur cor nostrum, et in nómine sancto eius sperávimus. con él se alegra nuestro corazón, en su santo nombre confiamos. In him do our hearts find joy. We trust in his holy name. La joie de notre cœur vient de lui, notre confiance est dans son nom très saint.

Ps 11,4 Oculi eius in páuperem respíciunt, pálpebræ eius intérrogant fílios hóminum. sus ojos están observando, sus pupilas examinan a los hombres. His eyes behold the world; his gaze probes the human race. garde les yeux ouverts sur le monde. Il voit, il scrute les hommes

That it is often so hard for us to make peace with the good parts of our past is a part of our present disequilibrium, rarely noticed. Memory itself has become a problematic human gift. We don’t know what to do with it.

Augustine Ennarrationes in Ps 29 II,1: Inter illam Trinitatem et hominum infirmitatem et iniquitatem, mediator factus est homo, non iniquus, sed tamen infirmus; ut ex eo quod non iniquus, iungeret te Deo; ex eo quod infirmus, propinquaret tibi:

2 Th 3,13 Vos autem, fratres, nolíte defícere benefaciéntes. Por vuestra parte, hermanos, no os canséis de hacer el bien. Brethren, do not be weary in well-doing.

Ps 3,6 Ego obdormívi et soporátus sum, exsurréxi quia Dóminus suscépit me. Puedo acostarme y dormir y despertar: el Señor me sostiene. I lie down, I sleep and I wake, for the LORD upholds me.

St Augustine, De Doctrina Christiana, Prologue, 6: Deinde ipsa charitas, quae sibi invicem homines nodo unitatis astringit, non haberet aditum refundendorum et quasi miscendorum sibimet animorum, si homines per homines nihil discerent.

The counsel of the wise, always of value in a human community, diminishes in influence to the extent wisdom is equated with particular fields of expertise. On the other hand, to be wise does not mean one knows everything; it rather begins with knowing that our favored expertise is not everything.

Augustine, Confessions Bk X, 70 (A different kind of *cogito*) cógito prétium meum et mandúco et bibo et érogo et pauper cúpio saturári ex eo inter illos qui edunt et saturántur: et laudant Dóminum qui requírunt eum.

Responsorium 2 for Readings: Isti sunt, qui vivéntes in carne, plantavérunt Ecclésiam sánguine suo; Cálicem Dómini bibérunt et amíci Dei facti sunt. While in the flesh, these are the ones who established the Church in their own blood; they drank the chalice of the Lord, and became friends of God.