Rising from Sleep
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 29th, 2010
Read Advent reflections from the Benedictines!
Oblates of St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island, Ill., blog about Benedictine values, prayer and life.
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 29th, 2010
Read Advent reflections from the Benedictines!
Posted in Benedictine Oblates, Benedictine values on Nov 9th, 2010
Often, I fall into the trap of asking, “Why, God?” Why am I here, at this place, at this time? Why do these things happen to me and to those whom I love? Why can’t those I love make better choices? Why do bad things happen? Why do good things happen? Why am I me [...]
Posted in Benedictine Oblates, Benedictine values, Rule of Benedict on Nov 6th, 2010
Instead of lectio this morning, I decided to visit the oblate blog and noticed a theme stretching across both Ric’s account of Abbot General Notker Wolf’s reflections at an international oblate gathering, and Sister Ruth’s reflections on inserting a verse about the whole earth belonging to God into her reading of a psalm. That theme [...]