Turn my heart to your decrees

Treasures of Our Faith with Deacon Richard Vehige · Sep 17, 2025 · 1m

Today, September 17, as our Church celebrates the Memorial of Robert Bellarmine, bishop, we are invited to read and reflect on a passage from the book of Ezekiel (10:18-22, 11:14-25), entitled "The glory of the Lord abandons the condemned city". Our treasure, which follows, is from On the ascent of the Mind to God, by Saint Robert Bellarmine, bishop. Saint Robert Bellarmine was born in 1542. When he was ordained in 1570, the study of Church history and the fathers of the Church was in a sad state of neglect. A promising scholar from his youth in Tuscany, he devoted his energy to these two…