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Let us pray for our future Sisters and Nuns that they, like the Blessed Virgin Mary,...

March 20, 2014

I’m Having Trouble with Penance

Divine Savior, Jesus Christ, who have entrusted your work of redemption to the priests, who...

March 19, 2014

I am always eager for Lent to begin, literally so for the lengthening of days,...

March 18, 2014

Dear Lord we pray, Guard your Sisters and Nuns in your unceasing mercy, and since...

March 17, 2014

After Glow

My final oblation was at hand. That night at vespers I would lay my heart...

March 13, 2014

O Jesus, Good Shepherd, raise up in all parish communities, priests and deacons, religious, consecrated...

March 12, 2014

St. Benedict’s Soup

It was the weekend before I was to make my final profession as a Benedictine...

March 11, 2014

Beloved Mother Mary, we ask that you enter the hearts of our Sisters and Nuns...

March 06, 2014

Benedictine Cross Kerfuffle

Look kindly Lord, on your priests, religious and laymen who left all to witness to...

March 05, 2014

Nine months before my final profession as a Benedictine Oblate, I began the search for...

March 04, 2014

Merciful Jesus, our beloved Lord and Savior, hear our humble prayers on behalf of your...

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Dyed Orchids and Dying to Self

Lord Hear Our Prayer, During this season of continued storms of snow and ice and...

February 26, 2014

In the west window atop the stairs are shelves for growing houseplants, one being a...

February 25, 2014

Lord Jesus Christ in your great love you draw all people to yourself: and in...

February 20, 2014

Sacred Heart of Jesus, Eternal High Priest, let Your love flow into the hearts of...

February 19, 2014

Starving to be Fed

I was surprised this year by the return of migratory birds. It felt like the...

February 18, 2014

To be a Sister or Nun does not mean to be without humanness. It means...

February 13, 2014

Precious Jesus, guide your priests to choose wisely in a world filled with temptations that...

February 12, 2014

Blue Blue Birds

One of the delights of living a single life in silence is hearing the change...

February 11, 2014

Mother Mary, Our Lady of Lourdes, pray with us for women discerning a life as...

February 06, 2014

The attack on our priests are happening more often and will likely increase. Please offer...

February 05, 2014

Grow Light

It had been weeks since the last time it was warm enough to walk—a relative...

February 04, 2014

Lord our God, you have called our Sisters and Nuns to serve you and one...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Lord Jesus, we your people pray to You for our priests. You have given them...

January 29, 2014

Father’s Hands

The love of greenhousing began when I was very young. I remember being carried on my...

January 28, 2014

Come Holy Spirit and guide our Sisters and Nuns in the formation of new communities....

January 24, 2014

Fire Too Close

The siren was close. The main road I live on, Berry, intersects with Meridian three...

January 23, 2014

Tuesday’s Prayer for Sisters and Nuns (on Wednesday…)

O Jesus, Eternal Pontiff, Good Shepherd and Fountain of life, who by the special goodness...

January 22, 2014

Our Lady of Guadalupe, we pray that you give strength and perseverance to our Sisters...

January 17, 2014

Lasers and Light

The furnace barely kept up. It ran almost constantly on Sunday as winter winds blew...

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