Category: Blessed Columba Marmion

Of the Appointment of the Abbot (III)

22 Dec. Let him keep his own frailty ever before his eyes, and remember that the bruised reed must not be broken. And by this...

Patiently with a quiet conscience

1 Feb. 2 June. 2 Oct. The fourth degree of humility is, that if in this very obedience hard and contrary things, nay even injuries,...

Correspondence on the Monastic Vocation 13

Disclaimer: The series of letters entitled “Correspondence on the Monastic Vocation”, while based on the real questions of a number of men in various places...

Blessed Abbot Marmion

Blessed Columba Marmion presents the monastery as a place where the Kingdom of God has already come, a place wherein every weakness can encounter mercy,...