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  1. Mark Dohle

    Aging, community, and grace

    Aging, community, and grace Living in an aging community is something that takes getting used to. Perhaps something I will never be able to feel comfortable with. I keep thinking I am younger, but there is truth to that. I believe that we are all young when we are by ourselves. I believe it...
  2. Mark Dohle

    Long Hard Journey

    Long Hard Journey Prayer keeps us open to the Spirit. The Spirit seeks to heal and lead us to life; we all have an infinite capacity to grow, to learn to love to have a relationship with the Infinite, the lover of our souls. Either life is an open-ended affair, or it is a dead end, when we...
  3. Mark Dohle

    The Challenge

    The Challenge Accept the Challenge I am Facing. It may become my greatest gift. -Gail B. When life runs smoothly, I tend to become less focused and alert to what is happening inside me. Perhaps when things are ‘just so’, I fall into a sort of half-sleep: routine can be soothing and numbing. If...
  4. Mark Dohle

    Walking On Thin Ice

    Walking On Thin Ice Walking The spiritual life is not about ‘dressing up’, though it can often be that for a while. No, our seeking after the Infinite, is, in fact, a ‘dressing-down’. It is about falling through the cracks in the ice, that thin layer that hides the often-brutal unconscious from...
  5. Mark Dohle

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  6. Mark Dohle

    TV Producer Dies And Encounters God And Eternity; What He Was Told Will Shock You (NDE)

    An NDE with a profound message
  7. Mark Dohle

    Do Not Be Discouraged

    Do Not Be Discouraged “Why do you grow weary of doing good to others? Am I not in them? Would you ever grow weary of helping Me if I were near you? You would help Me joyously, lovingly. You would say, ‘Is there anything else you would like, dear Master? Does that please you?’ Bossis...
  8. Mark Dohle

    Interview Sandy and I on You Tube

    This is an interview that Sandy and I were part of a few years ago. She had a powerful NDE, and well I was just the monk who was there with her being part of the conversation.. I think I took up too much...
  9. Mark Dohle

    The Journey of a Monastic Pilgrim

    The Journey of a Monastic Pilgrim I do believe that in belonging to the Priesthood-Of-The-People, the persons who belong to my congregation or those who struggle the way I do. So I will often pray for those consumed with violence and have no way to deal with it. Our struggles can make us more...
  10. Mark Dohle

    Doorways

    Doorways Ever since I was a child I have always loved doorways. They represent mystery, a different world that perhaps could be explored. It is like a package that is wrapped and just waiting to be opened; a gift. We have some pretty large doorways here in the Monastery. Slowly we are having...
  11. Mark Dohle

    Praying with Mary

    Praying with Mary My soul magnifies the Lord And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; Because He has regarded the lowliness of His handmaid. I was talking with a wonderful guest we had here for a retreat last week. We talked about many things and one of the subjects she brought up was the...
  12. Mark Dohle

    Dealing With Being Sick

    Dealing With Being Sick I have often said that there is no real meaning to the word “mature adult’ for me. We are a mixture of being centered, scattered, loving, hateful faithful, and being faithless. How we deal with this merry-go-round that we call life tests us to respond in one way or...
  13. Mark Dohle

    To Endurre

    To Endure Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised. – Hebrews 10:36 Life can become very difficult. There are some ways to deal with difficult times. One way is to escape it or try to. That seldom...
  14. Mark Dohle

    A Talk With My Sister Judy

    (Judy, Robert, Janie) A Talk With My Sister Judy I was talking to my sister Judy today. She texted me about how much she missed our brother David. I texted her back on how much I missed him as well. He lived here off and on for four years before his death. He would come up and stay while he...
  15. Mark Dohle

    Lessons from Holy Week

    Lessons from Holy Week Holy Week has some powerful truths to tell us if one can ponder them. This also means contemplating one's life. If a Christian, this can lead to a deeper understanding of one of life’s mysteries. That is of course, why there is so much injustice in the world, so much...
  16. Mark Dohle

    A nursing home visit, some shopping, and an intelligent worker

    A nursing home visit, some shopping, and an intelligent worker The Monastery is about 15 miles from a town called Covington. It is a nice place and has a beautiful town square. We do not need to go there often Just for the occasional doctor appointment near the Hospital. It is starting to grow...
  17. Mark Dohle

    Destructive Habits Often Overlooked

    Destructive Habits Often Overlooked “Even if you ceased to love Me, I should always love you. Even if you no longer listened for My voice in the silence, I should still make it possible for you to hear Me. This is how every sinner finds Me waiting. Who could ever weigh My love, or set a price...
  18. Mark Dohle

    The Simple Apple

    The Simple Apple The more I write, the more a mystery, writing becomes for me. I often think that writing is like being a weaver with many different colored threads that are woven together to make the essay, or story, into a sort of multilayered work of art. Then when people read, they take...
  19. Mark Dohle

    I am going to love everyone in my 30-foot circle. -Bail Bardis

    I am going to love everyone in my 30-foot circle. -Bail Bardis Gail is a good friend of mine. When talking to her she can come up with some interesting statements that grab my intention. One such statement went like this: “I am going to love everyone in my 30-foot circle”. When she stated...
  20. Mark Dohle

    What is compassion?

    What is compassion? “If you only knew what compassion really is— the compassion you must strive to imitate! Overlooking everything to stoop to a heart’s needs, paying no attention to any disappointments or ingratitude, being even kinder to those who have hurt you. Just be your Christ for...
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