‘Let us bear the Cross and Resurrection, let us bear Bethlehem within us …’, says Saint Jerome (ca. 335–ca. 420). To read about Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem is not only a reminder of a historical event. The decisive thing is that Jesus is born in me today.

—Fr. Wilfrid Stinissen, O.C.D.

from his book The Word Is Very Near You

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In this spiritual classic, Father Stinissen teaches that prayer and the reading of Scripture belong inseparably together, and shows the reader how combining them leads a person to close communion with God.

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