Neither divine consolation nor human
“The bother and troubles that your charge give you are the bother and troubles of obedience. If you bear them with a little bit of...
Into the silence of God
The Mectildian Jubilee Year (1614–2014) continues to provide me with an opportunity to share something of the immense treasure of her spiritual doctrine with the...
The Way of the Pilgrim
Pilgrimage and Enclosure When one thinks of the Benedictine ideal, one imagines monks behind their enclosure walls, buried deep in a kind of unshakeable stability....
One must never fear to give Mary too much
I continue today my translation of Mother Mectilde’s text on true devotion to the Blessed Virgin. She wrote this text sometime during her Benedictine noviciate...
One must begin with the Mother
Your Life is Hid with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3) The Annonciades, having been obliged to flee their monastery in Bruyères, found a compassionate welcome...