Night Sky [Click picture to enlarge] What is the setting of Advent and Christmas in a monastery? Virtually every element in the way loving and joyous Christians celebrate Advent and Christmas in the wider community can be found in a monastery — the...
Topics: Advent and Christmas

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Paulist Press’s web site announced the February 2010 publication of The Catholic Prayer Bible: Lectio Divina Edition . I think it’s my next book purchase. Lectio divina is Latin for divine reading. While I follow a slightly different method of...
Topics: Books - Catholic Prayer Bible lectio divina edition

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The Carthusian Monastery d'Scala-Dei - Ladder of God [Click picture to enlarge] I could never see myself as a monk. Who would? Monks and nuns are shut away from the real world. How is that relevant today? No, I could never be a monk except for the.
Topics: ..Oblates - my oblate life, .Monasticism - practices, Humor

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The Catholic Prayer Bible, lectio divina edition, is expected to be published in March 2010 by Paulist Press. Thanks to the Catholic Bibles blog , I learned about the publication and called Paulist Press to inquire about the publication date. I could...
Topics: Books - Catholic Prayer Bible lectio divina edition

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My wife and I went on a spiritual retreat recently with a group of other Benedictine oblates at St. Leo Abbey in Florida,. Location and directions. The Friday to Sunday retreat was the best one we have had, but each one has been better than the last, no..
Topics: Retreats, Time - pace of living

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