THE FOOL ON THE HILL
We who do believe can seem like fools. Sometimes our own thoughts try to tell us that we are foolish. Worse, that we are fools. We live in a world in which so much is diametrically opposed to the values of the Gospels, and we can’t help but be infected to some degree with the world’s values. How do we counteract it?
The second annual of Feeding The Soul at Elks Lodge, Maine held on October 22nd 2017. Theme: Listen to The Spirit Featured Speakers: – Gary Crocker (Maine humorist and storyteller) – Ken Parker (Maine’s own Garrison Keillor) – Sr. Elizabeth Wagner ( Benedictine hermit, retreat leader, spiritual director and author of Seasons in My Garden:…
Forgetfulness seems to be a regular part of my life these days. I’ve simply forgotten that deeper, more important reality in the midst of the daily work and responsibilities. Mindfulness, or remembering, is a major understanding in the Benedictine tradition, and in early Christianity, as well as in Buddhism and other religions. Fall 2022 Newsletter…
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STILL PRAYING What happens to us during our prayer time after we’ve been praying, day in and day out, for years? Perhaps we get tired. Or bored. Or just plain distracted, especially if we’re going through a busy time in our lives. If this happens to us—and it happens to all of us at some…
My One Companion is … darkness. We want joy, peace, happiness. But when these are unattainable, is it possible to make darkness, sadness, grief our companions? Summer 2019 Newsletter in PDF format (1.3MB)
PRAYING Perhaps most of us learned as children to pray by way of the Our Father or Hail Mary or the Rosary, or the Divine Mercy chaplet. We were taught that this was how to pray. Perhaps we never were taught, never learned, anything beyond that—yet now that is not enough. Winter 2022 Newsletter PDF
