In our struggle with the powers of darkness
Joseph Like his baptismal patron, Saint Joseph, our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, seems, at times, to stand alone in the night. One has the...
Benedictine Oblates
Oratory of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle Our First Meeting On Sunday afternoon a group of four men and three women participated...
Ut sanentur
End of the Penal Code This morning at Chapter we concluded the eight chapters of the Holy Rule (XXII-XXX) that comprise Saint Benedict’s so-called “penal...
Confirmetur in eo caritas
Chapter This morning at Chapter (a daily reflection on a chapter of the Rule of Saint Benedict) we read one of my favourite passages: “That...
Yielding to the attraction of the saints
Every Lent I choose — or rather ask Our Lord to choose for me — a saint or saints to be my Lenten companions. From...