Kinship in the Cloister

Here is the talk I gave this morning in Chapter. Ties That Bind The presence of members of the same family in a monastery has...

Impossible Things

Benedictine Wisdom I have been studying the Rule of Saint Benedict and trying to live it (however badly) for nearly forty years. This, however, is...

Mass of Our Mother of Good Counsel

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON MR I called upon God and the spirit of wisdom came to me; I learned without guile and I impart without grudging; I...

Secundum Cor Tuum Vivere

Our Lady of Good Counsel Tomorrow, April 26th, is the liturgical memorial of Our Mother of Good Counsel. The shrine church of Our Mother of...

My Sheep Will Hear My Voice

Thanks to the Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd in Forestdale, Massachusetts for the lovely mosaic of the Good Shepherd. The Shepherd’s Voice On this...