The Rule of St. Benedict’s reading for today concerns the reception of guests at the monastery. The Bible and ancient culture have a great emphasis on hospitality. Abraham hosts the three “angels,” Jesus invited himself over to Zacchaeus’s house, he … Continue reading
Next Thursday is the feast of St. Dominic, founder of the Order of Preachers. I am linking to a post that I made for the Feast last year. I hope you like it. I don’t have much else to say … Continue reading
I have been thinking about what Spiritual Formation is for the last few weeks. Next week I will be starting a book discussion on Spiritual Formation Thursdays. But I wanted to also talk about what Spiritual Formation is, because I … Continue reading
Today’s reading comes from Mark 6:47-56; it is about Jesus walking on the water. But it is from Mark’s Gospel (which Tradition states St. Mark wrote down what St. Peter said/preached), so with St. Peter trying to be humble-we suppose-Mark … Continue reading
After Constantine legalized Christianity and there was a large influx of people into the Christian religion; there was the need for official theology and a development of the theology already in place. Emperor Constantine tried to facilitate this development of … Continue reading
I have previously talked about the Liturgy of the Hours (you can find that post here), but in this post I want to talk about prayer more generally. All monks and nuns pray. It is the most important thing that … Continue reading
This practice is a very difficult one to just sum up and put a neat little bow on, saying this is how you do it go have fun. This looks different for each person; it is the process of changing … Continue reading
Today’s Lectionary reading comes from John 6:27-40. Jesus starts off telling the people not to work for the food that perishes, but for food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give them. Alright so I … Continue reading
