Oblate Program at Belmont Abbey, NC

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Calming a restless mind

A brother questioned an old man, saying, “My thoughts wander and I am troubled by this.” The old man said to him, “Remain sitting in your cell and your thoughts will come to rest. For truly, just as when the she-ass is tied her colt runs here and there but always comes back to his… Read More ›

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He sat on a colt

What then was the sign? He sat on a colt, as we have just heard the blessed Evangelist clearly telling us. Perhaps someone will say, “When he traveled all Judea—for he taught in their synagogues and added the working of mira­cles to his words—he did not ask for an animal on which to ride. When… Read More ›

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