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...
Tunc dixit: Ecce venio
CHAPTER XXXIII. Whether Monks Ought to Have Anything of Their Own 11 Mar. 11 July. 10 Nov. The vice of private ownership is above all...
Never to despair of the mercy of God
Meeting the Saints How and when did Saint Benedict come into my life? He was not among the saints whom I came to know as...
Love, Sorrow, and the Encounter with the Divine
On Monday last, 6 July 2015, at Castel Gandolfo, Pope Benedict XVI was honoured with a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the John Paul II Pontifical University of Krakow...