Beginning Afresh
Benedictines Always Beginning Again We began today, once again, the reading of the Holy Rule from the beginning. In Benedictine life, we are always beginning...
Priests: Ministers of the Sun
On this feast of Saint Catherine of Siena, here is a particularly poignant passage from The Dialogue. The image is Giovanni da Paola’s Saint Catherine...
The Body of the Priest and the Body of Christ
In the following passage from The Dialogue of Saint Catherine of Siena with the Eternal Father, God the Father addresses the clergy wallowing in sin....
Catherine in My Life
Images Today’s feast of Saint Catherine brings to mind how she has moved about in my life at various times. Having grown up in a...
To prove the world wrong
The Gift Above All Gifts Already today, the sacred liturgy begins to prepare our souls for the Gift above all gifts: the outpouring of the...