Holy Wisdom: Instructions on the Spiritual Life, Mortification, and Prayer In this burlesque but nonetheless

In this burlesque but nonetheless profound Dantean odyssey

This is a story of priestly courage

at last find our salvation and rest eternal

Drawing on Catholic doctrine and the teachings of Suarez

and sanctity becomes the means by which Christ governs history

Holy Wisdom: Instructions on the Spiritual Life, Mortification, and Prayer In this burlesque but nonethelessDrawn from the English Benedictine tradition in exile and shaped by the wisdom of the Desert Fathers, the mysticism of Dionysius, and the spiritual clarity of St. Teresa and the Cloud of Unknowing, this volume presents one of the most profound guides to the interior life ever composed in the English tongue. Venerable Father Augustine Baker (15751641), a Welsh monk of the English Benedictine Congregation, composed these treatises for the instruction of