Category: Monastic

Solace for the Sizzling

On the Gridiron Saint Laurence is the patron saint of those who have sizzled (or may be sizzling) on the gridiron of lust. I have...

When God shall be all our love

Today, 23rd July, is the onomastico (name day) of Brother Cassian Maria. Dear Brother Cassian, today is your first nameday under the patronage of our...

Vir Dei Benedictus

One Desire: To Please God Alone Our father Saint Benedict! Saint Gregory resumes in a single phrase our father’s luminous purity of heart: Soli Deo...

Saint Basil: Letter to a Fallen Monk

Come Back Now if any hope of salvation still remains in you, any slight recollection of God, any desire for the good things to come,...

Mio Dio, la tua gloria!

Ut Unum Sint Although the Roman Martyrology notes the day of her death on April 23, 1939, the Cistercian and Trappist calendars commemorate Blessed Maria...