New Things and Old
21 Apr. 21 Aug. 21 Dec. Let him that hath been appointed Abbot always bear in mind what a burden he hath received, and to...
Supplica to Saint Bernard Tolomei
Saint Bernard Tolomei is commemorated in the radiance of the Assumption of Our Lady and close to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, either on August 19th...
Sent to sustain and console others (LXIV:1)
CHAPTER LXIV. Of the Appointment of the Abbot 20 Apr. 20 Aug. 20 Dec. In the appointing of an Abbot, let this principle always be...
Pope Benedict on Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Faith is above all a personal, intimate encounter with Jesus, and to experience his closeness, his friendship, his love; only in this way does one...
The rustling of the steps of Christ Who draws nigh
The following essay, by Elder Archimandrite Aimilianos, the Abbot of Simonos Petra, Mount Athos, from 1974—2000, is taken from The Living Witness of the Holy Mountain (1996)...