Oblates of St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island, Ill., blog about Benedictine values, prayer and life.
Posted in Benedictine Oblates, Benedictine values on Oct 24th, 2008
From Bruce Baumgartner’s Oblate Day presentation: When the invitation to speak on peace came I immediately thought of my first spiritual teacher, Peace Pilgrim. She has been a profound influence on my life. Next I remembered the times I worked for justice, stood for peace. You can’t have peace without justice, the two go together. [...]
Posted in Benedictine Oblates, Benedictine prayer, Benedictine values, News on Oct 24th, 2008
From Chris Kraft’s presentation on Oblate Day: “LISTEN carefully, my child, to my instructions, and attend to them with the ear of your heart. This is advice from one who loves you; welcome it and faithfully put it into practice.” This first line of The Rule of Saint Benedict’s prologue is direct and clear. The [...]
Posted in Benedictine Oblates, Benedictine values on Oct 24th, 2008
From Carolyn Gray’s presentation on Oblate Day: One could focus on one or the other of these topics; however, I find it difficult to separate the two. The day I began my preparation for sharing with you, I was praying Psalm 101 and I was struck by the verse: “I accompany those who love you, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 21st, 2008
In May of 1991 I made the first extended retreat of my life at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, Georgia. (At the time we lived in Montgomery, Alabama, so the monastery at Conyers was the closest monastic house to us.) I was very naive and had great ambitions for the five days, one [...]
Posted in Benedictine values on Oct 20th, 2008
Oblate Day 2008 was filled with provocative and nourishing presentations by the Oblates, and many have agreed to post them here on the blog. Rock Island Oblate Ric Smith, a regular blogger here, posted his talk below, and Macomb Oblate Bill Maakestad’s presentation is previous to this post by Macomb Oblate Linda Jani. Two quotes [...]
Posted in Benedictine values on Oct 20th, 2008
Oblate Day 2008 was filled with provocative and nourishing presentations by the Oblates, and many have agreed to post them here on the blog. Rock Island Oblate Ric Smith, a regular blogger here, posted his talk previous to this post. Macomb Oblate Bill Maakestad’s presentation is below. I. Introduction: On Balance A. “A man should [...]