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For many modern readers who approach the Rule(of St. Benedict)
For many modern readers who approach the Rule(of St. Benedict) hoping to find inspiration for their own journey, first contact can be disappointing. T...

Yes, monks eat and eat heartily----usually three times a day. We
Yes, monks eat and eat heartily----usually three times a day. We gather only at noon for a formal meal, when one of the brothers feed our minds and he...

One important advantage of life in a religious community is that
One important advantage of life in a religious community is that it affords great possibilities of cultivating an abiding sense of Gods presence. Ever...

Agape seeks and demands nothing for itself because it lives
Agape seeks and demands nothing for itself because it lives completely in the object of its love. It knows nothing of rights, for its nature is to fin...

In "The Sign of Jonas" pp. 8- 9 Thomas Merton wrote: ....... I
In "The Sign of Jonas" pp. 8- 9 Thomas Merton wrote: ....... I found in writing The Ascent to Truth that technical language, though it is universal an...

In the earliest days of Christian monasticism the spiritual father
In the earliest days of Christian monasticism the spiritual father did much more than instruct and advise. The neophyre lived in the same cell with hi...