Category: Mectildian Jubilee Year 1614–2014

More About Lectio Divina

I realized, after I spoke to the fine priests of the Archdiocese of Armagh on Monday evening last, that there was much more that I...

To be nothing and to await all from God

This text of Mother Mectilde is very fitting for today’s feast of Saint John Cassian. My own commentary is in italics. The image of Mother...

Tunc dixit: Ecce venio

CHAPTER XXXIII. Whether Monks Ought to Have Anything of Their Own 11 Mar. 11 July. 10 Nov. The vice of private ownership is above all...

In a Life that is All Hidden

Tomorrow is the 374th anniversary of the profession of Catherine de Bar under the Rule of Saint Benedict. It was the feast of the Translation...

Mectildian Jubilee Year: 1614—2014

Ten Reasons Why the Mectildian Jubilee Year Is Significant for the Whole Church 1. Catherine Mectilde de Bar, born at Saint–Dié in Lorraine (France) on...