Author Archives: patradallmann

Friends Library is a recently launched website that is dedicated to the “the preservation and free distribution of early Quaker writings.” At present, 106 books are available for free download in multiple editions and digital formats with a number also … Continue reading →

It’s good to seeSpring doesn’t stopWhen confronted by Man’sAdversity. It’s good to feelThe fullness of lifeWhen reminded of ourFragility. It’s good to knowThe goodness of GodWhen taken aback byNecessity.

And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and … Continue reading →

Man is the land where. . . two kings fight; and whatever is good and holy belongs to the one king, and whatever is evil and unclean belongs to the other; and there is no communion or peace between them. … Continue reading →

In early November, I received an email from Sergio de Moura, an adjunct professor at a university named UNILAB, which is located in Redenção, Brazil. Sergio informed me that although Brazil has more than 200 million inhabitants, the country has … Continue reading →

There is no rose of such virtue As is the rose that bare Gesù. For in this rose contained was Heaven and earth in little space; Res miranda. [a wonderful thing] The angels sungen the shepherds to: Gloria in excelsis … Continue reading →

For many deceivers have come forth into the world, who do not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; such is the deceiver and the antichrist. Look to yourselves, so as not to lose what we have done … Continue reading →

He who expects to arrive at . . . the union of the soul with God, by means of consolation and comfort, will find himself mistaken. For, having sinned, we must expect to suffer, and be in some measure purified, … Continue reading →

Of the 21 chapters in John’s Gospel, chapter 11 has been for decades the least interesting to me. It was its scattered quality that put me off: too many characters, most of them contributing only snippets; vignettes that seemed to … Continue reading →

Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father (Jn. 20:17a). Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into … Continue reading →