Catholic Benedictine Sisters of St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island, Ill., blog with inquirers discerning their religious calling to monastic life.
Posted in discernment on Sep 30th, 2011
Dear Friend, I wish that at this moment we could have a chat over a cup of coffee or tea. The last several months I have been talking to God about the next person He will choose to send to our community. Will she be young or over 40? What will her ministry interests and [...]
Posted in keating on Sep 21st, 2011
“Help me to learn God’s gentle way.” Keating refers to the fruit of gentleness as ”our participation in God’s way of doing things at once gentle and firm….”
Posted in Silence on Sep 13th, 2011
This article appeared in our most recent issue of Connecting Point. Email Sr. Sheila at smcgrath@smmsisters.org if you’d like to be on our mailing list! We all crave signs from above from time to time. Whether we are looking for guidance, a cure, assistance with a problem or something as specific as a new job, [...]
Posted in keating on Sep 5th, 2011
There are many distractions and temptations that can lead us astray from our intentions. In his description of faithfulness, Thomas Keating describes the “daily oblation of ourselves and all our actions to God.” This phrase strikes me because it speaks of the intentional effort we must make to pray for strength and to turn all [...]