Category: Blessed Virgin Mary

In following her you shall not go astray (V:1)

23 May 2018

CHAPTER V. Of Obedience 22 Jan. 23 May. 22 Sept. The first degree of humility is obedience without delay. This becometh those who hold nothing...

Ergo aequalis sit ab eo omnibus caritas (II:4)

13 May 2018

12 Jan. 13 May. 12 Sept. Let him make no distinction of persons in the monastery. Let not one be loved more than another, unless...

When anyone receiveth the name of abbot (II:3)

12 May 2018

11 Jan. 12 May. 11 Sept. Therefore, when anyone receiveth the name of Abbot, he ought to govern his disciples by a two-fold teaching: that...

The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Most Holy Eucharist, and the Cenacle

11 May 2018

On this first day of the Great Pentecost Novena, I find it helpful to reflect on the Blessed Virgin Mary’s participation in the Most Holy...

I have not hidden Thy justice in my heart (II:2)

11 May 2018

10 Jan. 11 May. 10 Sept. Let the Abbot be ever mindful that at the dreadful judgment of God an account will have to be...

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