Brother Henry Stephan shares with us the following story about the origins of the lyrics for the Christmas Carol “Good Christian Men Rejoice!”: Nearly seven hundred years ago, a Dominican friar named Henry Suso had a vision of angels singing and dancing with joy about the birth of the Infant Jesus. The German preacher and mystic Read more…
Read MoreFriar and Priest Blessed Henry Suso was born in Constance-Swabia, Germany to- wards the end of the thirteen century and is associated with Meister Eckhart and John Tauler in the school of Dominican spirituality known as the ”Rhineland Mystics.” He pursued Divine Wisdom and manifested a great love for the Passion of the Lord. In Read more…
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