Tradition and Sanity

Tradition and Sanity

The Fiery Meditations of a Soul Inflamed with Love (Part 1)

Advice from Mother Mectilde on assisting at Mass, receiving Communion, and more

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Peter Kwasniewski
Jan 19, 2026
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Catherine de Bar (1614–1698), later taking in religion the name Mectilde of the Blessed Sacrament, was one of the great teachers of the interior life in 17th-century France, in regular contact with all of the prominent figures of that very rich age of saints and mystics. She started off in the order of the Annunciades but, due to the upheavals of the ti…

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