St. Gregory the Great: How Christianity Came to Great Britain
Abba Helenus and the Crocodile
New Mass translation provides chance for teaching about Liturgy
Absurdity
What Do You Have Time For?
Dead Sea Scrolls Mystery Solved?
In filling myself, I had emptied myself
Perchance it is my Christ
N. Carolina bishops urge opposition to abortion coverage in UNC student health plan
Turning Point
Archbishop Chaput calls for resistance to intolerance of Christianity
St. Louis, King of France and Co-Patron of Benedictine Oblates
Christ is present to those rejected and unwanted in this worldBenedictine Wisdom»
Brief Rule of St. Romuald (0)
Sit in your cell as in paradise; put the whole world behind you and forget it; like a skilled angler on the lookout for a catch keep a careful eye on your thoughts. The path you follow is in the psalms — don’t leave it. If you’ve come with a novice’s enthusiasm and can’t accomplish [...]
Church Fathers»
Perchance it is my Christ (0)
While there was a crowd of refugees in the city, one of the strangers, noticing John’s remarkable sympathy, determined to test the blessed man. So he put on old clothes and approached him as he was on his way to visit the sick in the hospitals (for he did this two or three times a [...]
Church News & Info»
New Mass translation provides chance for teaching about Liturgy (0)
Washington D.C., Aug 19, 2010 / 09:33 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Speaking to CNA in an interview, Msgr. Anthony Sherman, executive director for the USCCB Secretariat for Divine Worship, gave an update on the status of the implementation of the new translation of the Roman Missal. Msgr. Sherman stated that the changes will need to introduced with [...]
Desert Wisdom»
Abba Helenus and the Crocodile (0)
Abba Helenus visited a certain monastery on a Sunday and found that they were not observing the solemnity of the day. Upon asking why, he was told that the priest who lived on the other side of the river had not come. No one indeed was willing to cross the river for fear of the [...]
Instruction»
In filling myself, I had emptied myself (0)
If what most people take for granted were really true—if all you needed to be happy was to grab everything and see everything and investigate every experience and then talk about it, I should have been a very happy person, a spiritual millionaire, from the cradle even until now…What a strange thing! In filling myself, [...]
Lectio Divina»
Four Movements of Lectio Divina (0)
Prepared by the novices of Gethsemani Abbey, via Fr. Michael Lectio (Reading) Acquaintanceship Read the Scripture Gather the facts “Listen” to God’s word What word/phrase speaks to you? (allow 1-2 min quiet time) Meditatio (Meditation) Friendliness Read the Scripture again Let Jesus speak to you Reflect on the message What is God saying to you? [...]
Liturgy of the Hours»
Revised Grail Psalter Receives Vatican Recognitio (Comments Off)
By Jarrod Thome, Director of Communications Edited by Br. Jude Person, O.S.B. On Friday, 9 April 2010, the Most Rev. Arthur J. Serratelli, Bishop of Paterson, NJ, and Chairman of the Bishops’ Committee on Divine Worship of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, informed the bishops of the United States that The Revised Grail [...]
Lives of Saints»
St. Gregory the Great: How Christianity Came to Great Britain (0)
I must here relate a story which shows Gregory’s deep desire for the salvation of our nation. We are told that one day some merchants who had recently arrived in Rome displayed their many wares in the crowded market-place. Among other merchandise Gregory saw some boys exposed for sale. These had fair complexions, fine-cut features, [...]
Living the Rule»
The Purpose of Wealth (0)
Clearly, the purpose of wealth is not security. The purpose of wealth is reckless generosity, the kind that sings of the lavish love of God, the kind that rekindles hope on dark days, the kind that reminds us that God is with us always. It creates in the holy heart a freedom of spirit that [...]
Marian»
The “Pilgrimage of Faith’ (0)
7. I wrote in Novo Millennio Ineunte: “One can never really reach Jesus except by the path of faith” (n. 19). This was the path that Mary followed throughout her earthly life and it is the path of the pilgrim Church until the end of time. The Second Vatican Council placed great emphasis on Mary’s [...]
Monastery»
Interview with Fr. Neilson, OSB (3)
Father Kieran Neilson, OSB Belmont Abbey Monastery, Belmont Place of Birth & Home Parish – Born in Charlotte, attended St. Peter Church until 1939; St. Patrick Cathedral after that during childhood High School – O’Donoghue High School, Charlotte College/University – Belmont Abbey College, Catholic University Seminary – Belmont Abbey Seminary Date of Ordination – May [...]
Oblate Formation»
Rule»
When does one begin to live fully? (0)
The fact that our being necessarily demands to be expressed in action should not lead us to believe that as soon as we stop acting we cease to exist. We do not live merely in order to ‘do something’ – no matter what. Activity is just one of the normal expressions of life, and the [...]
St Benedict»
Benedict, A Star in the Darkness of Night (Comments Off)
Like a star in the darkness of night, Benedict of Nursia brilliantly shines, a glory not only to Italy but of the whole Church. Whoever considers his celebrated life and studies in the light of the truth of history, the gloomy and stormy times in which he lived, will without doubt realize the truth of [...]
Work of God»
Conversion (Comments Off)
Each Oblates makes a promise to a life of continual conversion. The following is a brief examination of conscience that could be followed each evening before bed. “Concretely, my examen might include the following steps: — I begin with a moment of grateful remembrance of God’s gifts to me this day and ask for divine [...]
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