Monday, September 25, 2006

Die Grosse Stille (Into Great Silence) trailer

German director Philip Gröning was allowed to film life inside the Grande Chartreuse, the mother house of the Carthusian Order in the French Alps. A breathtaking film, using mainly the silence as a soundtrack, has drawn large audiences in Germany and an increased interest Christian asceticism.

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The Lord’s descent into the underworld

At Matins/the Office of Readings on Holy Saturday the Church gives us this 'ancient homily', I find it incredibly moving, it is abou...