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The way of light II
Posted on August 8, 2020
The following are excerpts from a letter attributed to Barnabas (died 61 AD). It is a part of the Office of Readings for Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time.
Share with your neighbor whatever you have...
Path of life
Posted on July 11, 2020
Blessings to you on this, the Feast of Saint Benedict
This past week brought the Benedictine Spirituality Workshop and Retreat, available to Scholastics in Initial Monastic Formation who are discerning entrance into...
In Christ’s prayer
Posted on June 27, 2020
Just before Evening Prayer recently I was reading about the gifts of the Liturgy of the Hours (aka The Office), about how they go both ways. God gifts us with breath, voice, and the desire to seek him. In turn we gift...
At all times and in all places
Posted on June 20, 2020
There are two categories of psalms of praise reflecting different styles:
Descriptive praise means that the psalm offers praise to God by describing who he is and what he has done, at all times and in all...
Fragrant with God's grace
Posted on June 13, 2020
It was long ago that my study of the Book of Psalms began. I’m motivated by the fact that I can pray them, just as Jesus did. Saint Ambrose, who was born about 300 years after Jesus' death, wrote about the appeal of...
The Alleluia we sing
Posted on May 9, 2020
Our thoughts in this present life should turn on the praise of God, because it is in praising God that we shall rejoice forever in the life to come; and no one can be ready for the next life unless they train themselves...
Have nothing, yet possess all
Posted on April 25, 2020
The following are excerpts from the Vatican II document Gaudium et spes, Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World. It is a part of the Office of Readings for Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent.
All...
Contemplating the passion
Posted on April 18, 2020
Below are excerpts from a sermon by Pope Saint Leo the Great, found as part of the Office of Readings for Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent
The Christian people are invited to share the riches of paradise.
The...
Scholastica by moonlight
Posted on February 8, 2020
The Feast of Saint Scholastica is celebrated February 10. The following contains excerpts from Chapter 33 of Life and Miracles of Saint Benedict, Book Two of The Dialogues by Pope Saint Gregory the Great....
Simple and steady, loud and true
Posted on January 11, 2020
One of the best ministry assignments in our community, often experienced during the novitiate, is known as Infirmary Breakfast. Indeed it consists of preparing and serving breakfast to the sisters who reside in the...
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