Colloquium,
Issue Number 2: Hope
We are glad to bring you this second issue of Colloquium, which centers on the reality of hope: places of hope, persons of hope, experiences of hope.
What is hope? Or must we, rather, ask, who is hope?
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IN THIS ISSUE OF COLLOQUIUM
FEATURED SECTIONS
cISTERCIAN PERSONALITIES
… compel us to consider the hope of our Cistercian vocation.
They inspire us to live with clarity, sincerity and depth the Cistercian charism.
A ‘spiritual aliveness” characterized our medieval Cistercian forebears; we, in our day, are tasked to awaken to this same spirit.
places of hope
In this section, we feature some monasteries of our Order who in marking milestones in their monastic journey have “communicated” hope to our Order and local communities.
Such communities, St. John Paul II calls,
places of hope and of the discovery of the Beatitudes, a place where love, drawing strength from prayer, the wellspring of communion is called to become a pattern of life and a source of joy.
Visio divina
CIMA DA CONEGLIANO:
The Incredulityof St. Thomas
Cima da Conegliano’s painting effectively conveys the Eucharistic significance of the scene from the Gospel of St. John. Looking at this colorful and vivid painting, we can only pray with Thomas: “My Lord and my God!”
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O QUANTUM IN CRUCE
This antiphon or sequence to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is generally sung during Passiontide. The first Gregorian mode, often defined as serious and noble melodically, expresses the seriousness and nobility of the Passion.
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