The Monastic Intern
The Easter Mystery
“The fourth step of humility is that in this obedience under difficult, unfavorable, or even unjust conditions, his heart quietly embraces suffering and endures it without weakening or seeking escape.” –The Rule of Saint Benedict, Ch. 6 We are right in the middle of what is (or at least what SHOULD be) the strangest Easter…
Solemn-er Vows
“No one is to pursue what he judges better for himself, but instead, what he judges better for someone else. To their fellow monks they show the pure love of brothers; to God, loving fear; to their abbot, unfeigned and humble love. Let them prefer nothing whatever to Christ, and may he bring us all…
Life in Lockdown
“They no longer live by their own judgment, given in to their whims and appetites; rather they walk according to another’s decisions and directions, choosing to live in monasteries and to have an abbot over them. Men of this resolve unquestionably conform to the saying of the Lord: I have come not to do my…
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