For purposes of health, Dom Columba was ordered by the doctors to take some weeks of rest during the summer of 1918.
Although these Conferences were given to Benedictine Nuns, they are not specifically monastic as all souls are called to become spouses to the Divine Word! The Conferences were first published a few months after the death of Blessed Columba Marmion..
Bernard that had specially struck him; in this passage the great Doctor indicates the conditions necessary for the soul aspiring to become the spouse of the Word.
Scholastica at Maredret, Belgium, commenting on a text of St.
Dom Columba generously communicated the Spiritual lights he received to souls that were eager for them; consequently, on his return he gave a series of Conferences to the nuns at the Abbey of St.
His lively and penetrating faith showed him during the contemplation in which his reading plunged him, the marvellous condescension of the Word toward his privileged creatures: the theme of the Canticle itself.
Bernard upon the Canticle of Canticles.
As a companion for his long, solitary walks in the forests of the Ardennes, he took the Commentary of St.
He went into Luxembourg to recruit his strength, and there he enjoyed to the full the beauties of nature by which he was surrounded.
For purposes of health, Dom Columba was ordered by the doctors to take some weeks of rest during the summer of 1918
