Category: Personal Musings

Nothing Happens Without Your Permitting It

Yesterday I returned from preaching a retreat to the Bridgettine Sisters (Order of the Most Holy Saviour) at the Convent of Saint Birgitta, Vikingsborg, in...

Rome Unvisited

Tomorrow I will be leaving Rome. I expect to be away from the Eternal City for the remaining summer months. I will know better what...

Saints Marcellinus and Peter

Birthday Today, June 2nd, is my 55th birthday! When I went downstairs for collazione this morning, I discovered that Fra Bernardo Maria had baked a...

Bonjour, tout le monde!

Bonjour, tout le monde. Je m’appelle Jean et j’habite tout près du monastère Saint–Benoît à Nans–sous–Sainte–Anne dans le Jura français. Je suis allé à la...

Sunset in Assisi

I took this photo after attending Vespers and Adoration with my friends Leonard and Mark at San Damiano in Assisi on Monday evening. The friars...