Reflections from the Mirror of a Mystic Spiritual Life “Wide as the sea

“Wide as the sea

soul-destroying counsels

inspiring a lifelong devotion to His Sacred Heart

” indicating Hermann's authorship and the year of completion

poetic stories with enduring moral lessons for children aged eight to fourteen

Reflections from the Mirror of a Mystic Spiritual Life “Wide as the seaBl. John Ruysbroeck (Jan van Ruusbroec), surnamed the Admirable, was born in Belgium in 1293. The rare grace of contemplation attended him from childhood. Until the age of sixty he lived as a secular priest; he then left the world and retired to a monastery near Brussels. These selections taken from the works of Blessed John Ruysbroeck contain lessons of piety suitable to every state and condition of life. No one is so perverse or devoid of grace, as