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July 2013

July 11, 2013

To St. Benedict, on his feast day (A repost from last year)

My Dearest Benedict, You and I didn’t meet in the regular way. I wasn’t making...

July 12, 2012

A Letter to St. Benedict, on his Feast Day *

My Dearest Benedict, You and I didn’t meet in the regular way. I wasn’t making...

May 2012

May 16, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} The Finale: A Beginning

The purpose for which we have written this rule is to make it clear that...

May 09, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} The Good Spirit

“It is easy to recognize the bitter spirit of wickedness which creates a barrier to...

May 02, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} Gentle Piety, Warm Charity

At the entrance to the monastery there should be a wise senior who is too...

April 2012

April 25, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} Compassion and Sober Judgment

“The abbot or abbess, once established in office, must often think about the demands made...

April 18, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} Offering the Child

"If parents who are from the nobility want to offer to God in the monastery...

April 11, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} Do not disappoint me…

"When the decision is made that novices are to be accepted, then they come before...

March 2012

March 28, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} When new clothing is issued

"When new clothing is issued, the old should be immediately returned to be put in...

March 21, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} Receiving Guests, Receiving Christ

"Any guest who happens to arrive at the monastery should be received as we would...

March 14, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} A post about monks and errands and eating

"Any who are sent on an errand which will allow them to return to the...

March 07, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} Work and Prayer and Rest

"Idleness is the enemy of the soul. Therefore all the community must be occupied at...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} How Lent should be observed in the monastery

"There can be no doubt that monastic life should always have a Lenten character about...

February 15, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} The work of God

"When the time comes for one of the divine offices to begin, as soon as...

February 08, 2012

{Praciticing Benedict} The Sacred Vessels of the Altar

"All the utensils of the monastery and in fact everything that belongs to the monastery...

February 01, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} The greatest possible concern

"As for the abbot or abbess, they must show the greatest possible concern with great...

January 2012

January 25, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} On rising immediately

"All should be prepared to rise immediately without any delay as soon as the signal...

January 18, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} It should normally be short.

"If in ordinary life we have a favour to ask of someone who has power...

January 11, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} Seven Times a Day

"The words of the Psalm are: I have uttered your praises seven times during the...

January 04, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} Lord open my lips…

"During the winter season the office of vigils begins with this verse recited three times;...

December 2011

December 21, 2011

{Practicing Benedict} Humility

"Holy Scripture, brethren, cries out to us, saying, 'Everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled,and...

December 14, 2011

{Practicing Benedict} When it is best not to speak

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen...

December 07, 2011

{Practicing Benedict} When love is obedience

Welcome to Mama:Monk’s weekly Wednesday series examining St. Benedict’s Rule and what it’s teaching me...

November 2011

November 30, 2011

{Practicing Benedict} A reputation for holiness

Welcome to Mama:Monk's weekly Wednesday series examining St. Benedict's Rule and what it's teaching me...

November 16, 2011

{Practicing Benedict} Your hope of fulfillment

Welcome to Mama:Monk’s weekly Wednesday series examining St. Benedict’s Rule and what it is teaching me about...

November 09, 2011

{Practicing Benedict} Nothing More Important

Welcome to Mama:Monk’s weekly Wednesday series examining St. Benedict’s Rule and what it is teaching me about...

November 02, 2011

{Practicing Benedict} The God who comes

Welcome to Mama:Monk’s weekly Wednesday series examining St. Benedict’s Rule and what it has meant to me...

October 2011

October 26, 2011

{Practicing Benedict} Nothing harsh or burdensome

Welcome to Mama:Monk's weekly Wednesday series examining St. Benedict's Rule and what it has meant to me...

October 19, 2011

{Practicing Benedict} Prayer and Anything Worthwhile

“My words are addressed to you especially, whoever you may be, whatever your circumstances, who...