Do Not Neglect Prayer
Lift your hearts to Christ
Enter the Way of Mercy and Truth
Oblate Meeting and Lenten Day of Reflection
There is no Greater Labor than Prayer
Heresy of Individualism
World Day for Consecrated Life
Obey the Spirit not the Letter of the Law
Anglicans are a ‘blessing for the entire Church,’
St. Vincent College chooses Benedictine monk as new president
Patience
How Deep are Our Convictions?
Prayer Makes Jesus Present in the FamilyBenedictine Wisdom»
Enter the Way of Mercy and Truth (0)
The first step for the wretched person extricating himself from the depths of vice is the mercy which makes him merciful to the son of his mother, to be merciful to his soul, and thereby pleasing to God. In this way he emulates the great work of divine pity, being moved to tears with him [...]
Church Fathers»
The New Creature God Seeks (0)
For to despise the present age, not to love transitory things, unreservedly to stretch out the mind in humility to God and our neighbor, to preserve patience against offered insults and, with patience guarded, to repel the pain of malice from the heart, to give one’s property to the poor, not to covet that of [...]
Church News & Info»
World Day for Consecrated Life (0)
In 1997, Pope John Paul II instituted 2 February as a day of prayer for women and men in consecrated life. In the US the celebration of World Day for Consecrated Life is transferred to Sunday, 7 February 2010, in order to enable as much participation as possible.
Consecrated Life Sunday is an annual [...]
Desert Wisdom»
Do Not Neglect Prayer (0)
Living in your cell clearly means manual work, eating only once a day, silence, meditation; but really making progress in the cell means to experience contempt for yourself wherever you go, not to neglect the hours of prayer and to pray secretly. If you happen to have time without manual work, take up prayer and [...]
Instruction»
Lift your hearts to Christ (0)
19. . . .It is essential in the Benedictine way of life that while engaged in manual or intellectual pursuits, all should strive continually to lift their hearts to Christ having that as their chief concern, and to burn with perfect love of Him. For the things of the earth or of the whole world [...]
Lectio Divina»
St. Dominic on Lectio Divina (0)
Saint Dominic, had yet another manner of praying at once beautiful, devout, and pleasing, which he practiced after the canonical hours and the thanksgiving following meals. He was then zealous and filled with the spirit of devotion which he drew from the divine words which had been sung in the choir or refectory. Our father [...]
Liturgy of the Hours»
New Liturgy of the Hours for Oblates Published at St. Meinrad (0)
The following article appeared in the Oblate Newsletter at St. Meinrad’s. Many of the oblates here in Belmont have also wanted a simpler form of the Office to follow in their own lives. The Oblate Director here has ordered two copies to see if it might also meet the needs of the oblates here. A [...]
Lives of Saints»
Phoenix bishop emphasizes importance of humility in life of St. Juan Diego (0)
Phoenix, Ariz., Aug 7, 2009 / 11:15 pm (CNA).- Nearly 1,500 people gathered this morning in Phoenix, Arizona to celebrate a Votive Mass of St. Juan Diego for the second day of the International Marian Congress. Bishop Thomas Olmsted, the principal celebrant of the Mass, spoke to the participants about the Mexican saint, stressing his [...]
Living the Rule»
Advent thought: Through Illness, Christ Speaks Words of Love (0)
ROME, DEC. 13, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is affirming that the sick can live Advent in a deeper way, because illness is a similar time of waiting for God to transform suffering into hope and salvation.
The Pope affirmed this today while visiting the sick and their caregivers at the Hospice Foundation of Rome, which provides [...]
Marian»
Bishop draws comparisons between the Visitation and Our Lady of Guadalupe (0)
Phoenix, Ariz., Aug 8, 2009 / 06:40 am (CNA).- Following the opening sessions of the International Marian Congress in Phoenix, Arizona, Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut and Supreme Chaplain of the Knights of Columbus William Lori led participants in a Marian meditation, reflecting on how Mary continues visit her children and bring Christ to them today, [...]
Monastery»
Oblate Meeting and Lenten Day of Reflection (0)
The Oblate meeting for February will be on the 20th and not the 21st. Oblates are encouraged to attend one Day of Reflection or make a retreat once a year. Belmont Abbey College will be having a Day of Reflection February 20th starting 10:00 Am and ending at 2:00. The Oblates will gather after the [...]
Oblate Formation»
Obey the Spirit not the Letter of the Law (0)
According to Jewish Law every first-born male child of Jewish family belonged to the service of God. . . . To be sure, Our Lord and His Blessed Mother really were not obliged by those laws. Our Lord was God Himself as well as man, and, as such, needed no redemption from service to God. [...]
Rule»
Reality is to be Sought in Unity (0)
They can only conceive one way of becoming real: cutting themselves off from other people and building a barrier of contrast and distinction between themselves and other men. They do not know that reality is to be sought not in division but in unity, for we are ‘members one of another.’
Thomas Merton
New Seeds of Contemplation
St Benedict»
Short Biography of St. Benedict (0)
Today, I would like to speak about Benedict, the Founder of Western Monasticism and also the Patron of my Pontificate. I begin with words that St Gregory the Great wrote about St Benedict: “The man of God who shone on this earth among so many miracles was just as brilliant in the eloquent exposition of [...]
Work of God»
Confidence in God’s Help (0)
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I [...]
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