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  1. Mark Dohle

    Beauty and fragility

    Beauty and fragility (Written September 2016) Insects are a problem for us. I guess you could say we are at war with them, a war we can’t win, but can only hold them back. We have ‘people’ come in and spray around certain areas of the retreat house in order to keep insects out. Or if they come...
  2. Mark Dohle

    September Retreat House Newsletter

    Photo of Br. Justin OCSO September Retreat House Newsletter Hello Friends, I wanted to share with you the latest news from the monastery. As you all know we were hoping to reopen in September, now with the virus surging we find we will have to wait once again. It is with a heavy heart, I had...
  3. Mark Dohle

    Woman on Meth

    A woman on Meth (Written Sept 2017) On Tuesday of this week, one of the brothers mentioned to me that there was a woman out front who seemed to be in distress. He told me that she was sitting in one of the red chairs at the end of the walkway in front of the retreat house. I looked out the...
  4. Mark Dohle

    To See Things in a Calmer Vein

    To See Things in a Calmer Vein You can pretty much find anything you want on the internet, on YouTube especially, that one can find all kinds of ‘experts’ giving their take on just about any subject. With Covid it is no different. Way too much information, it is becoming a true tower of...
  5. Mark Dohle

    Eye to Eye with a Spider(Remembering some other critters )

    LOL, yes when there is contact it can be hard to do what must be done. Small spiders that live near the windows are good, the big ones, well I would not want to wake up at night and find one crawling over me ;-). peace mark
  6. Mark Dohle

    Eye to Eye with a Spider(Remembering some other critters )

    Love this, thank you!
  7. Mark Dohle

    Eye to Eye with a Spider(Remembering some other critters )

    Thank you, my friend, hope your 'Lord's Day' is truly blessed.
  8. Mark Dohle

    Eye to Eye with a Spider(Remembering some other critters )

    Eye to Eye with a Spider (Remembering some other critters ) I was on duty in our Infirmary from the 3:30-7:00 AM shift. It has its busy moments but there are stretches where I can sit down and do some reading. It was about 6 AM when I got my book and started to read. I was going along happily...
  9. Mark Dohle

    Remembrance of the dead (and other things…of course)

    Remembrance of the dead (and other things…of course) There are many things about the Catholic faith that trouble many Protestants. We have devotion to the saints, and especially towards the Blessed Mother. We ask them to accompany us in our lives to pray for us and with us to bring us into...
  10. Mark Dohle

    The agitated retreatant

    You got that right, my friend. thank you. peace mark
  11. Mark Dohle

    The agitated retreatant

    A common struggle for all of us, what to do when things pile up. peace mark
  12. Mark Dohle

    The agitated retreatant

    The agitated retreatant who was ready to ‘SNAP! (Written August 2015) It was about a year and a half ago that a woman about my age wanted to talk with me. One important lesson I have learned when dealing with the public is that while there is a solidarity that links us, there are also unique...
  13. Mark Dohle

    Praying our Raw Humanity

    Praying our Raw Humanity When you come into My presence, pour out your heart before Me: all that you suffer, all that you question, all that you fear, give all to Me. This you do already when you pray the psalms. It was through the psalms that I poured out My own Heart to My Father, and in the...
  14. Mark Dohle

    I See All Circumstances

    I See All Circumstances I do not judge you harshly, any more than the shepherd judges harshly the sheep that, in its stupidity, separated itself from the flock and lost its way. I see all the circumstances that come between Me and your desire to be with Me. I harbour no resentment in My...
  15. Mark Dohle

    Memories of one of our Monastery founders Fr. Francis Xavier (Written in 2016)

    Memories of one of our Monastery founders Fr. Francis Xavier (Written in 2016) When I read the part of scripture where Jesus talks about the importance of being childlike as opposed to childish; I always think of Fr. Francis Xavier. When I first met him in 1968 I was taken by his child-like...
  16. Mark Dohle

    What is God Like?

    What is God Like? But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. Matt 5: 44-45 ++++++++++ Most people are aware...
  17. Mark Dohle

    Spur us onward

    Spur Us Onward Within the finite heart O Lord dwells the infinite, often hidden behind walls of fear and mistrust. As we stand, or kneel, or prostrate ourselves, trusting in your benevolence, our hearts expand, slowly becoming true to the image you have made us. We are backed Lord into many...
  18. Mark Dohle

    Mary's glorious Assumption

    Mary's Glorius Assumption My Mother is present to My Church in this world. Her glorious Assumption has not set her at a distance from My Church; it has, on the contrary, made it possible for her to be wherever the suffering members of My Mystical Body are most in need of her ministrations and...
  19. Mark Dohle

    The Assumption of Mary

    The Assumption of Mary (Written in 2016 for our Abbatial Blessing) Since our Order is dedicated to the Blessed Mother and our Monastery has her in our name, it is fitting to have the abbatial blessing on this day. The full title of our Monastery is “Our Lady of the Monastery of the Holy...
  20. Mark Dohle

    The Cosmic Battle Played out in our Mind's and Heart's

    The Cosmic Battle Played out in our Mind's and Heart's Abba Ammonas was asked, 'What is the "narrow and hard way?" (Mt. 7.14) He replied, 'The "narrow and hard way" is this, to control your thoughts, and to strip yourself of your own will, for the sake of God. This is also the meaning of the...
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