La Madre on Saint Mary Magdalene
This may be something that happens somewhere between late middle and old age but, increasingly, I find myself recalling things read when I was in...
The Word has also come to me
CHAPTER XLII. That no one may speak after Compline 21 Mar. 21 July. 20 Nov. Monks should love silence at all times, but especially during...
Mary Ann O’Driscoll, R.I.P.
“I couldn’t really explain it in words but Liberia made me feel so close to God. My first time on the mission was so difficult;...
St Bonaventure & the Wholly Flaming Fire
Today we keep the feast of Saint Bonaventure, Doctor of the Church. The Seraphic Doctor counsels us wisely: Question grace, not instruction; desire, not intellect;...
Pope Benedict XVI on Saint Benedict
On 9 April 2008, in his General Audience, Pope Benedict XVI presented the patron of his pontificate, our own father, Saint Benedict. Re–reading Pope Benedict’s...