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  1. Mark Dohle

    A trip to Piedmont Hospital

    A trip to Piedmont Hospital Yesterday I took one of the monks to Piedmont Hospital for an outpatient procedure. It can be a difficult drive since it is smack in the middle of Atlanta, about a mile from downtown. His appointment was at 7:30, so we left at six. It was also windy and rainy...
  2. Mark Dohle

    There is no one on this earth that is beyond the mercy of God

    There is no one on this earth that is beyond the mercy of God “How good it feels to come back to him whenever we are lost! Let me say this once more: God never tires of forgiving us; we are the ones who tire of seeking his mercy. Christ, who told us to forgive one another “seventy times...
  3. Mark Dohle

    Loss and anger and life is not a maze but a Labyrinth

    Loss and anger and life is not a maze but a Labyrinth (The more useless skin we shed, the freer we become) I find myself very angry with John, a good friend who died unexpectedly and I believe uselessly. I believe that I barely see it, or feel it, yet I experience its power deep within. Like a...
  4. Mark Dohle

    Jesus taught and shows us how to pray

    Jesus taught and shows us how to pray “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7:7-8 NIV ++++++++++ People will often...
  5. Mark Dohle

    women to baptize?

    Any Christian can baptize. In the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, the ordinary minister of baptism is a bishop, priest, or deacon (canon 861 §1 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law), and in normal circumstances, only the parish priest of the person to be baptized, or someone authorized by the...
  6. Mark Dohle

    Thoughts on the book “The Great Divorce” By C.S. Lewis (Not a book review)

    Thoughts on the book “The Great Divorce” By C.S. Lewis (Not a book review) C.S. Lewis thought that hell was in the minds of those who are there, while heaven is actual reality since it is union with God. Many atheists say they are realists, I guess that means that those who believe in the...
  7. Mark Dohle

    Good days, bad days, before God they are the same

    Good days, bad days, before God they are the same “The Rosary is the best therapy for these distraught, unhappy, fearful, and frustrated souls, precisely because it involves the simultaneous use of three powers: the physical, the vocal, and the spiritual.-: Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen...
  8. Mark Dohle

    The Rosary of Divine Mercy

    The Rosary of Divine Mercy “‘I remind you, My daughter, that as often as you hear the clock strike the third hour, immerse yourself completely in My mercy, adoring and glorifying it; invoke its omnipotence for the whole world, and particularly for poor sinners; for at that moment mercy was open...
  9. Mark Dohle

    The depths of the Holy Rosary

    The depths of the Holy Rosary When praying the Rosary we bring with us all of mankind. Every man, woman, and child, past present, and future. In saying the Hail Mary, we ask The Blessed Mother to join us in our desire to reach the hearts of everyone. All prayer is heard, all are answered in...
  10. Mark Dohle

    A deeply relevant talk by Jordan Peterson

    A deeply relevant talk by Jordan Peterson I think this video explains well the process of self-knowledge, and how difficult a path it actually is to take. It makes me also understand better, the understanding of a place after death for what is often called purification, the church calls it...
  11. Mark Dohle

    A Catholic Priest talks about the Near-Death experience

    Fr. Spitzer is an amazing teacher, writer, and speaker. The video below is well worth watching on the Near-Death Experience.
  12. Mark Dohle

    Prayer in Turmoil

    Prayer in Turmoil When in turmoil, sit, focus, and pray, it will settle. Running will only fan the flame deepening agitation-Br.MD
  13. Mark Dohle

    The Cosmic Battle So-Called

    The Cosmic Battle So-Called Lord, I am not sure I have ever done lent well, or correctly, though I have the desire. How I fight change, the shedding needed to grow new skin, more supple and open to your infinite light. Sometimes I feel like I am under a rock, not wanting to step into the...
  14. Mark Dohle

    To Embrace Life

    To Embrace Life (Ash Wednesday 2022) Letting go of the many things I love will come about, in one day, or over a lifetime. I can fight it, hide from the reality of my mortality, yet like all things else one day, in a single moment, peacefully or not, I will depart. The gift of aging is that...
  15. Mark Dohle

    Monastery Retreat House Newsletter March 2022

    Monastery Retreat House Newsletter March 2022 Life at the Monastery April 19—Leaving for Paris. “One step...
  16. Mark Dohle

    Fatima an important event

    If one is not Catholic, this video may not make much sense. Yet, all through Christian history, the Blessed Mother has been at work seeking to bring us back to her Son. The miracle of the Sun is thought to be perhaps the greatest miracle second only to the Resurrection.
  17. Mark Dohle

    I Just Stumble Along

    I Just Stumble Along Lord, I guess the world has always been hanging on by its fingertips, yet today, it seems like there is just one finger clinging to the ridge, just hanging on. I don’t try to trust lord, I just do it, trust, and let go, for I don’t understand much, except for the...
  18. Mark Dohle

    “How can we engage them where they are?”

    Faith has to be focused on Christ Jesus. Our leaders, in politics, or religion will let us down. Power, carnal weakness of many sorts, emotional wounds, and despair, have to be dealt with by everyone, from the Pope down in the Church, and in our leaders as well. We all deal in one way or...
  19. Mark Dohle

    Do not fear

    To be vulnerable does not represent weakness but inner strength. Language, words are diffiuclt. Here is something I responded to on another page where I post: Christ was on earth, he could not protect himself from the suffering, woundedness, as well as hatred of others. As humans, well...
  20. Mark Dohle

    Do not fear

    When Jesus told us how many times we should forgive someone who offends us, he was also showing us God's mercy. Of course to ask for mercy, it must be genuine. So there is no limit to God's mercy. We often judge from a very shallow level, yet God sees us to our very depths, hence is mercy and...
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