Letter to a Novice Oblate (IV)

This fresco in Monte Oliveto Maggiore depicts a youthful Saint Benedict receiving the monastic habit from the monk Romanus. My very dear Novice Oblate, Questions...

Letter to a Novice Oblate (III)

Here, in a fresco at Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Giovanni Antonio Bazzi depicts Saint Benedict dining with his monks. I am fond of this particular fresco...

Second Letter to Wilfrid on Prayer

My dear Wilfrid, Discouragement: the Worst Enemy First of all, thank you for being honest with me about your ongoing difficulties in quiet prayer. You...

Letter to a Novice Oblate (II)

My dear daughter in Christ, Praying at Home Recently, you asked me how you, as wife and mother, with children to look after from morning...

Letter to a Novice Oblate (I)

This is the first of a series of letters that I will be writing to the Oblates of the Monastery of Our Lady of the...