Of Controllers, Correctors, and Castigators
Notice the instrument of penance in Saint Benedict’s hand. It rather contrasts with the gentleness of his expression. Every occasion of presumption should be avoided...
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...