Instruction 
Instruction on the Rule by noteworthy modern day monastics or oblates
On the Observance of Lent: Lent in the Rule
The burial of “alleluia.” Saint Benedict touches on Lent again and again in the Rule, especially when he is talking about the Divine Office. There is that one chapter about the times of saying alleluia. From the holy feast of Easter until Pentecost, “alleluia” is always said with both the psalms and the responsorials. Every… Read More ›
Towards Eternal Life
Happiness consists in knowing what you want, and then knowing you have it, or you are on the way to getting it. What we want is God. Our hearts will not rest, until they rest in you, O Lord [1]. Our minds seek infinite truth. Our hearts are made for infinite love. The purpose of… Read More ›
Balance in the Rule
The important thing, and it is what Benedict warns of, is the monastic vice of acedia. Apathetic is the word in English, but the Latin word is acediosus [1]. The monk has lost the zeal that is looked for in the new man coming to the monastery [2]. The man truly seeks God and lives… Read More ›
The Monastic Way of Conversion
Lecture given by Armand Veilleux, OCSO at the American Benedictine Academy in 1984 and published in The American Benedictine Review (37:1, March 1986, 34-45) The monastic call is ultimately a call to unity. And that unity can only be reached through a long journey implying successive deep transformations, that is, through a long conversion process…. Read More ›