Today the Church celebrates the Feast of St. Bruno of Cologne (Oct 6), founder of the Carthusians. St. Bruno, pray for us 🙏
St. Bruno was widely recognized for his great learning, having been a professor of theology -- a teacher of nobles, several future bishops, and even a pope -- all of which he counted a small matter. And so he went off and founded the Carthusian order.
Upon his death in Calabria, his Carthusian brothers wrote: "Bruno deserves to be praised for many things, but especially for this: his life was always the same. He always had a smile on his face, always a prudent word. To the severity of a father he joined the tenderness of a mother. Great he was, but everyone found him gentle as a lamb."
St. Bruno was never formally canonized (such honors are shunned according to humble Carthusian sensibilities). But the love and devotion shown him by his brothers eventually spread through the whole Church.
One great line from St. Bruno: “Stat crux dum volvitur orbis..” (The cross is steady while the world turns.) An ideal patron for our loud and busy times… St. Bruno, pray for us!
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