Light is deeper buoying us up
Hell on earth can be experienced,
sometimes all one can do is breathe,
be in the moment and face the demon,
in faith, knowing that in the darkness,
light is deeper, still buoying us up,
stand on the rock, the sure foundation,
all things pass, yet love is eternal...
The Habit of Self-reflection/Prayer
December 13—Holy Hour. . . . “Practice your faith. When you were learning to walk, you leaped forward at a venture, and little by
little you became surefooted. Do the same in your inner life. Take a flying leap toward the Trinity, toward My mother, in...
My experience of the Internet as a monk
I started using the Internet in 1999. I was fifty years old and was a little hesitant to start. However, it did not take long for me to understand that the computer was quite easy to navigate.
Being curious about other belief systems I started joining...
My experience of the Internet as a monk
I started using the Internet in 1999. I was fifty years old and was a little hesitant to start. However, it did not take long for me to understand that the computer was quite easy to navigate.
Being curious about other belief systems I started joining...
Our support in our struggles
There is one word I heed and continually ponder; it alone is everything to me; I live by it and die by it, and it is the holy will of God. It is my daily food. My whole soul listens intently to God’s wishes. I do always what God asks of me, although my nature...
Inner Chaos and the Life of Prayer
“By yourself you are chaos. Do you fully realize this? Do you try to keep it in mind?
Have you humbled yourself today in thought or deed? Not to cause you distress nor diminish your strength,
but to tighten your hold on the power of your God, who is only...
Being Childlike Before God
““You’re not very sure of this, are you? There is always this distance that you put between God and His children, whereas I try to remove all distance. Oh, My beloved friends, come to Me more simply. I always make the comparison of the little child who throws her two...
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Each human heart is a temple wherein God dwells
It does not take much to make most people feel more at ease.
More than we know, people are used to being ignored or passed over, or, only given a cursory nod of attention. So, when someone smiles at them, and talks to them it can be a time of...
A Neurosurgeon’s Near Death Experience
As many who read me already know, the NDE experience is an important human experience, a common one in fact, that should be studied and prayed over.
Most of us know what is really important about life, yet it is so easy to be drawn away from these truths...
Deeper Trust
One of the hardest lessons to be learned in the Spiritual life is the letting go of our idols that we create that we think are God. So, as we age, and hopefully mature, these idols are smashed and another one arises, though hopefully closer to the heart of who and what God is. I...
So, pray for peace, grow in love of all
November 25, 2023 – Message from Our Lady of Medjugorje
Dear children! May this time be interwoven with prayer
for peace and good deeds, so that the joy of the
expectation of the King of Peace may be felt in
your hearts, families and in the world which...
Christmas Meditation
He saw everything and loved
We are all called to interior freedom,
yet like everything in this world,
there is a price to be paid.
The armor of man is easier to wear
than is the armor of God.
To go against, to fight,
to hate, and seek revenge.
To devalue as less than...
About Jeffery Long's book God and the Afterlife a book
In the early 70’s, I went with a few community members, to a talk given by Kubler Ross on the Near-Death-Experience (NDE). Even though it was 45 years ago, I can still remember the talk clearly. In the audience was also a young man, named...
In the Eucharist rest the very Heart of Christ Jesus
It is in the Eucharist that I wait for them as physician and as remedy. If they are sick in their body or in their soul, let them seek Me out, and I will heal them of the evil that afflicts them. Many priests do not have a real and practical...
Christ the King 2023
This is the homily given by our Abbot Dom Augustine
I don’t think that for the 21st century American the reality of King has deep significance. Perhaps something was evoked in us recently with the coronation of King Charles of England. At the same time I don’t think...
Something
Do you seek Me? Do you often seek Me? How can you find Me if you don’t hunt for Me? Don’t you look for what you need most? And since without Me you can do nothing, what do you need more than God? As for Me, I love to act for you and through you.Bossis, Gabrielle. He and I (p. 223)...
The Christian Path is Incarnational
“Lend Me your body too, when you travel, when you toil, when you eat, and when you sleep.
I did all these things when I lived among men. Make Me live again among them, and they must be aware of Me.
Bossis, Gabrielle. He and I (p. 206).
Pauline Books and...
What Lies Beneath
This piece was written in 2019. Since then, David has also died. Some of you may remember it, if you decide to read-Br.MD
March 20—Holy Hour. “You are worried about the passage from this life to the next? But since it is the greatest proof of love
that you can give Me, be...