Rule 
Articles and posts specifically teaching the Rule of St. Benedict. Articles divided into two categories: Benedictine Wisdom, the teaching of the Benedictine Fathers; and Instruction, teaching by more modern day Benedictine scholars.
We are pilgrims on the way
We are pilgrims on the way A winding down is our lives; roots deepen as the limbs and foliage slowly wear down and are let go of; our vitality and beauty traded for something else; a look of being worn out from the journey, seeing the end but still taking that one step, then… Read More ›
Let Jesus pray
It is a risky thing to pray, and the danger is that our very prayers get between God and us. The great thing in prayer is not to pray, but to go directly to God. If saying your prayers is an obstacle to prayer, cut it out. Let Jesus pray. Thank God Jesus is praying…. Read More ›
My chosen path
My chosen path I was watching on YouTube an episode of “Thinking twice”. This program host debates, some of which I find very interesting. I was watching one the other day about science and if it has done away with the need for God. Both sides were courteous in presenting their points and I enjoyed… Read More ›
Deeper into hope
Deeper into hope Christ Jesus body lay in darkness, surrounded by the cold and nothingness of death. Its grip hard and heavy; seeking to bring Jesus into death’s kingdom, the cessation of hope, love, warmth and true life, is death’s scepter, despair all it has to offer. So now it is a period of waiting,… Read More ›
Conversion
When conscious conversion is sought after; the turning away from aspects of oneself that are destructive towards self or others, it leads to humility and empathy, because of the struggle and persistence that is involved. The road to inner freedom is slow and an often painful process. Grace is what calls us to begin the… Read More ›
Death is the end of life
. . .[But it must be seen] in the light of love and grace. All created life is limited. Living beings come into existence and begin at once to develop, for growth is one of the essential functions of life. In the beginning of its growth, the living being must continually receive from others. The… Read More ›
Virtual Visit to the Sistine Chapel
Many of us have heard of the renovations that Blessed John Paul II ordered for the Sistine Chapel but most of us have not seen them. The Vatican has released a virtual visit tour of the Sistine and you can view it by following this link. Enjoy the beauty of Michelangelo’s creation from the comfort… Read More ›
Have you got any saints here?
The story is told of Blessed Basil that, making a visitation of his monasteries, he said to one of the hegemons, “Have you got any saints here?” The Abba said, “Through your prayers, my lord, we all desire to be saints.” And again, Blessed Basil said to him, “No, I mean have you got any saints here?” And… Read More ›
Our Society
We live in a society whose whole policy is to excite every nerve in the human body and keep it at the highest pitch of artificial tension, to strain every human desire to the limit and to create as many new desires and synthetic passions as possible, in order to cater to them with the… Read More ›
We are made for eternal life
There is something in the depths of our being that hungers for wholeness and finality. Because we are made for eternal life, we are made for an act that gathers up all the powers and capacities of our being and offers them simultaneously and forever to God. The blind spiritual instinct that tells us obscurely… Read More ›