Tag: Lent
U.S. bishops offering Lent 2009 resources
Washington D.C., Feb 24, 2009 / 06:08 pm (CNA).- The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has announced that it is offering a variety of internet resources for Catholics’ reflection and spiritual growth during Lent 2009. The USCCB site, located at http://www.usccb.org/lent , is organized around the four pillars of the United States Catholic… Read More ›
Dust to Dust
I, your brother Paphnutius, was thinking one day that I would go into the further desert so I could see whether there were any brother monks in the farthest reaches of the desert. So I walked four days and four nights without eating bread or drinking water. I continued walking on into the farther desert… Read More ›
Five Ways to Pray Always: Part 1, Introduction
It is the custom of the Monastery to select a book to be read during Lent and discuss it as a community. Since this would be difficult for the Oblates to accomplish, perhaps we can read an article together during Lent? For each of the five weeks of Lent we will publish one part of… 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 ›
Lenten Alms
At the Oblate meeting in January it was agreed to maintain our tradition of giving a donation to AIM-USA. AIM as sent us a brochure as well and I have uploaded it to the site. We usually make this donation together in the name of the Abbey. Please send any checks to Gail Warlick, Office… Read More ›
Lenten Observances
Lent will soon be upon us and St. Benedict calls on us to …deny [ourselves] some food, drink, sleep, needless talking and idle jesting, and look forward to holy Easter with joy and spiritual longing. One of my favorite shows is “Clean Sweep,” where a family is challenged to make a clean sweep of one… Read More ›