Today’s Chapter: Thy Will Be Done
Chapter 7: Of Humility (vv.19-23) We are, indeed, forbidden to do our own will by Scripture, which saith to us: turn away from thine own...
Today’s Chapter: Always Seen By God
Chapter 7: Of Humility (vv.13-18) Let him consider that he is always beheld from heaven by God, and that his actions are everywhere seen by...
Today’s Chapter: Mary, ‘the Church’s Memory’
Chapter 7: Of Humility (vv.10-12) The first degree of humility, then, is that a man, always keeping the fear of God before his eyes, avoid...
Today’s Chapter: Our Lady and the Ladder of Humility
Chapter 7: Of Humility (vv.1-9) The Holy Scripture crieth out to us, brethren, saying: “Every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he who...
Today’s Chapter: Our Lady of Silence
Chapter 6: Of the Practice of Silence Let us do as saith the prophet: “I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I...
91st Anniversary of Abbot Celestino Maria Columbo
In addition to today being the feasts of Our Lady of Ransom and Our Lady of Walsingham (whose statue is in our refectory), today is...
Iste Confessor Padre Pio
The House for the Relief of Suffering Last night, at recreation, the conversation turned towards Padre Pio. One of the brothers brought up the Magnificat...
Today’s Chapter: Obeying with a Joyful Heart
Chapter 5: Of Obedience (vv. 14-19) But this very obedience will then only be acceptable to God and sweet to men, if what is commanded...
Today’s Chapter: In the Hearing of the Ear She Hath Obeyed Me
Chapter 5: Of Obedience (vv. 1-13) The first degree of humility is obedience without delay. This becometh those who hold nothing dearer to them than...
Today’s Chapter: With Mary in the Workshop of Nazareth
Chapter 4: What are the Instruments of Good Works (vv. 63-78) 62. Daily to fulfil by one’s deeds the commandments of God. 63. To love...
Today’s Chapter: Stretched Towards Heaven
Chapter 4: What are the Instruments of Good Works (vv. 44-62) 44. To fear the Day of Judgment. 45. To be in dread of hell....
Today’s Chapter: The Tools for the Ascetical Life
Chapter 4: What are the Instruments of Good Works (vv. 22-43) 22. Not to give way to anger. 23. Not to harbour a desire of...
Today’s Chapter: To Love God With All One’s Heart
Chapter 4: What are the Instruments of Good Works (vv. 1-21) 1. In the first place, to love the Lord God with all one’s heart,...
Today’s Chapter: Let No One Follow the Will of His Own Heart
Chapter 3: Of calling the Brethren to Council (cont’d.) Let all therefore, follow the Rule in all things as their guide, and let no man...
Today’s Chapter: Listening to the Holy Spirit
Chapter 3: Of calling the Brethren to Council As often as any important matters have to be transacted in the monastery, let the Abbot call...
Today’s Chapter: Entrusting Ourselves to Our Lady
Chapter 2: What kind of man the Abbot ought to be (vv. 33-40) Above all let him not, overlooking or under-valuing the salvation of the...
Today’s Chapter: ‘Meminere’ and ‘Multorum moribus servire’
Chapter 2: What kind of man the Abbot ought to be (vv. 30-32) The Abbot ought always to remember what he is, and what he...
Today’s Chapter: ‘Reprove, Entreat, Rebuke’
Chapter 2: What kind of man the Abbot ought to be (vv. 23-29) For the Abbot in his doctrine ought always to observe the bidding...
Today’s Chapter: The Universal Love of Our Heavenly Abbess
Chapter 2: What kind of man the Abbot ought to be (vv. 16-22) Let him [the Abbot] make no distinction of persons in the monastery....
Respice Stellam!
Look to the Star! Each year, on the feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary, we at the monastery return to the inexhaustible homily...