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  1. Mark Dohle

    We thrive on love, we die in a vacuum

    Agreed, those who pray regularly, soon find silence in how they pray, they just open up their hearts to God's love. peace mark
  2. Mark Dohle

    We thrive on love, we die in a vacuum

    Wise words for your son. Peace Mark
  3. Mark Dohle

    We thrive on love, we die in a vacuum

    We are each unique in how we pray, and it changes as we age. Peace Mark
  4. Mark Dohle

    We thrive on love, we die in a vacuum

    We thrive on love, we die in a vacuum “Every time God forgives us, God is saying that God’s own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us.”-Richard Rohr Sometimes when I am setting before the Lord, I thank the Lord for his presence, and then I apologize...
  5. Mark Dohle

    God Who Loves Us

    Yes, he is very good at that, a great writer, and a man of deep faith and depth, though often misunderstood. peace mark
  6. Mark Dohle

    God Who Loves Us

    God Who Loves Us I love Richard Roar's take on the parable of the Prodigal Son. I do believe that the teaching of Jesus on the depth of God's love for all has yet to hit the heart of Christian understanding. I like what he said about how the Father runs toward us, even when we may feel we are...
  7. Mark Dohle

    It is like slowly drinking poison

    It is like slowly drinking poison I have heard over the years about how the saints over-emphasized their tendency to sin. That being close to God, sin should somehow not be an issue, a problem, or a struggle. One reason I believe, and this applies to me, is that it is difficult to understand...
  8. Mark Dohle

    A Letter to a Prisoner

    A Letter to a Prisoner Below is a letter that I have sent to a prisoner that I have been writing to for many years. He is in for life for a violent crime committed when he was a young man. Over the years he has come to Christ Jesus, and is now working with other Christians, mostly Catholics...
  9. Mark Dohle

    Trust, Take the Next Step

    Trust, Take the Next Step Try not to fear, trust in God, which is not always easy. Trust is not an emotion, nor a feeling, but a choice that comes from deep within, it flows from the gift of faith. Trust, take the next step, and move forward no matter the circumstances. Even if you fall, get...
  10. Mark Dohle

    Adoration is not a Waste of Time

    Adoration is not a Waste of Time Love me, then, and trust in My love for you. Ask the Holy Spirit to inflame you with the same fire of love that burns in My Sacred Heart and in the hearts of all My saints. It is in the prayer of adoration that this love grows strong, becoming a fire that...
  11. Mark Dohle

    Once it is known

    Once it is known Lord, once your love is experienced, nothing remains the same, our journey can be rough, but your love is sure, no demon within or without has power over us, though we experience our wounds deeply, your love sees all, loves all within, so ‘Soul of our Soul’, teach us to wait...
  12. Mark Dohle

    Old Age, Faith, and the Last Things

    Love Catherine of Genoa. peace Mark
  13. Mark Dohle

    Old Age, Faith, and the Last Things

    Old Age, Faith, and the Last Things “Oh, when evening falls may they think of coming to My embrace, their hearts overflowing with gratitude, asking Me to come again with new blessings. And I will come again. And in this way, we shall approach the end of life and the last of My blessings. “For...
  14. Mark Dohle

    Humility and Community Life (Chapter talk 04 Sept 22)

    Humility and Community Life Chapter talk 04 Sept 22 The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility-Bernard of Clairvaux When thinking about my own life’s path, I have found that if I look inward, I pretty much have all I need in order to grow in maturity on my...
  15. Mark Dohle

    Barbed Wire

    Barbed-Wire There are some people that I find easier to understand than others. One way I like to express it or in these terms: “Their outsides are like my insides”. This statement is borrowed from a saying in the 12th step program. People who are very angry and are free to express it, who...
  16. Mark Dohle

    Feeling a deep longing for home

    Feeling a deep longing for home Now that I am moving towards my 74th birthday in December, I find that longing is becoming more central which in the past, was hidden from my perception most of the time. My soul seems to be more focused on something bigger. A desire to be free, as Carl Jung...
  17. Mark Dohle

    Talk to Lay Cistercians

    I had the honor of speaking to our Lay Cistercians via Zoom this morning. We are blest to have them associated with our Monastery. Talk to Lay Cistercians 1 There are clearly four kinds of monks. 2 First, there are the cenobites,that is to say, those who belong to a monastery, where they...
  18. Mark Dohle

    Prayer In Time of Anxiety and Bring Restless

    Prayer In Time of Anxiety and Bring Restless How restless I can be my Lord, how anxious and scattered, as I age my ability to embrace stress has changed, and I can feel shattered, like pieces of a mirror that is in a place of unrest, in bits and pieces, yet You call me back, lead me to be...
  19. Mark Dohle

    Letting Go Of the Burden

    Letting Go Of the Burden 14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 We can get used to being burdened. To...
  20. Mark Dohle

    Covid has entered our community

    Yes, using good sense helps. Peace Mark
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