16th Sunday after Pentecost
Saint Job the Long–Suffering Already last evening, at First Vespers of Sunday, the Church, as is her custom during these Sundays after Pentecost, set before...
While ye have the light of life
2 Jan. 3 May. 2 Sept. Let us then at length arise, since the Scripture stirreth us up, saying: “It is time now for us...
Hearken, O my son
PROLOGUE OF OUR MOST HOLY FATHER SAINT BENEDICT TO HIS RULE 1 Jan. 2 May. 1 Sept Hearken, O my son, to the precepts of...
Of ends and of beginnings (LXXIII)
CHAPTER LXXIII. That the whole observance of Perfection is not set down in this Rule 1 May. 31 Aug. 31 Dec. We have written this...
They used to call him God-beloved
CHAPTER LXXII. Of the good zeal which Monks ought to have 30 Apr. 30 Aug. 30 Dec. As there is an evil zeal of bitterness,...
Ut obedientes sibi sint invicem
CHAPTER LXXI. That the Brethren be obedient one to the other 29 Apr. 29 Aug. 29 Dec. Not only is the excellence of obedience to...
The Primacy of God in Our Lives.
In 2012, on the feast of the Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist, Pope Benedict XVI delivered the following instruction at his weekly general audience....
Rise again at once with all speed
Saint Augustine
Today is not only the 15th Sunday after Pentecost; it is also the feast of Saint Augustine, the Doctor of Grace. The liturgical...
Cum omni mensura et ratione
CHAPTER LXX. That no one presume to strike another 28 Apr. 28 Aug. 28 Dec. Let every occasion of presumption be banished from the Monastery....
Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor
CHAPTER LXIX. That no one presume to defend another in the Monastery 27 Apr. 27 Aug. 27 Dec. Care must be taken that on no...
Ex caritate, confidens de adiutorio Dei
CHAPTER LXVIII. If a Brother be commanded to do Impossibilities 26 Apr. 26 Aug. 26 Dec. If on any brother there be laid commands that...
In sanctis montibus
Our Office of Saint Bartholomew has a beautiful collect from the Leonine Sacramentary: Deus, qui Ecclesiae tuae in sanctis montibus fundamenta posuisti: da, ut intercedente...
Propter pacis caritatisque custodiam
23 Apr. 23 Aug. 23 Dec. We foresee, therefore, that it is expedient for the preservation of peace and charity, that the ordering of the...
The unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace
CHAPTER LXV. Of the Prior of the Monastery 22 Apr. 22 Aug. 22 Dec. It happeneth very often that by the appointment of the Prior...
Salve Regina, Mater Misericordiae
A homily given in 2007: Farewell to the Assumption Today is the last day of the Octave of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary....
New Things and Old
21 Apr. 21 Aug. 21 Dec. Let him that hath been appointed Abbot always bear in mind what a burden he hath received, and to...
Supplica to Saint Bernard Tolomei
Saint Bernard Tolomei is commemorated in the radiance of the Assumption of Our Lady and close to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, either on August 19th...
Sent to sustain and console others (LXIV:1)
CHAPTER LXIV. Of the Appointment of the Abbot 20 Apr. 20 Aug. 20 Dec. In the appointing of an Abbot, let this principle always be...
Pope Benedict on Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Faith is above all a personal, intimate encounter with Jesus, and to experience his closeness, his friendship, his love; only in this way does one...
The rustling of the steps of Christ Who draws nigh
The following essay, by Elder Archimandrite Aimilianos, the Abbot of Simonos Petra, Mount Athos, from 1974—2000, is taken from The Living Witness of the Holy Mountain (1996)...