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July 2018

July 26, 2018

God Listens… Within You

Today's guest post is by Mark S. Burrows, translator of Rilke's Prayers of a Young...

July 05, 2018

The Slowing: On the Contemplative Gift of Poetry

Today's guest post is by Mark S. Burrows, translator of Rilke's Prayers of a Young...

June 2018

June 22, 2018

Anam Ċara in Verse: How Poetry Is a Soul Friend

N.B. Today's guest post is by Judith Valente, poet, Benedictine oblate, and author of How to...

June 01, 2018

Discover the Stories of the Sufis — Wisdom for Today

Today's guest post is by Neil Douglas-Klotz, author of The Little Book of Sufi Stories. What’s...

January 2018

January 02, 2018

Expanding our Minds: Recovering Contemplation In Pursuit of Wisdom

Today’s guest post is by Kevin M. Johnson, one of the co-hosts of the Encountering Silence...

December 2017

December 19, 2017

Into Safe Hands: A Meditation On Dying for Advent and Christmas (by Ronald Rolheiser)

Note: Today's post, by guest contributor Fr. Ronald Rolheiser, is an excerpt from his new...

December 08, 2017

The Call to Move “Beyond” What is Safe and Familiar

Today's post is by guest contributor Mark S. Burrows, who is a poet and an...

November 2017

November 30, 2017

What is the Relationship Between Silence and Social Justice?

Today’s post is by a guest contributor: writer, photographer, and filmmaker Cassidy Hall. ...your silences will...

November 24, 2017

The Two Sides of Silence

Today’s post is by a guest contributor: Brother Mark Dohle, OCSO, who serves as the Guestmaster...

November 16, 2017

What Can We Learn from that Foolish St. Francis?

Today's guest contributor is Jon M. Sweeney, author of The Saint Francis Holy Fool Prayer Book. Read Jon's...

November 09, 2017

What do Gene Kelly and St. Francis have in common?

Today's post is by a guest contributor: Jon M. Sweeney, author of numerous books including The Saint...

October 2017

October 02, 2017

How Meister Eckhart Inspires Letting Go for Love

Today's post is by a guest contributor: Mark S. Burrows, who along with Jon M. Sweeney,...

August 2010

August 03, 2010

Fran McColman’s Awesome Kale Salad

Note from Carl: Sunday the lay associates had a potluck lunch at the Monastery of...