A Spiritual Pilgrimage
Posted in Uncategorized on May 23rd, 2010
Join Sisters Ruth and Bobbi on their trip to Rome! Sr. Bobbi is sending dispatches and photos home as often as possible. Today they are attending the Pentecost Mass at St. Peter’s!
Oblates of St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island, Ill., blog about Benedictine values, prayer and life.
Posted in Uncategorized on May 23rd, 2010
Join Sisters Ruth and Bobbi on their trip to Rome! Sr. Bobbi is sending dispatches and photos home as often as possible. Today they are attending the Pentecost Mass at St. Peter’s!
Posted in Uncategorized on May 18th, 2010
I’m sick today. Nothing serious, just a cold, but enough to stay home for. I ache, but not severely, and my voice is two octaves lower than usual. Sleep overtakes me every two hours or so, for two hours or so. In the waking intervals I read and consume hot tea and chicken soup by [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 10th, 2010
I’ve noticed that often the Sisters’ daily Facebook updates feature flowers, and reference praise of God by way of the beauty of the natural world. I think for many people the flower is a kind of sacramental, a visible reminder of the grace of God mediated to us in this fleshy wondrous world.