at the deepest, truest part of us. Prayer lightens the load. It gives fresh direction and new energy. the cry of the poor throughout time. It immerses us in the fullness of the scriptures and their ...

The six weeks of Lent have accommodated nicely the six aspects of Benedictine spirituality. There are three vows and three tools to put Benedict’s wisdom into practice. The three vows are for the monk ...

The alarm goes off, as I set it the night before, in my room at 4:30 in the honking morning. Muttering something about being “too bloody old for this stuff,” I stumble around my room in search of ...

Whatever one makes of Pope Benedict XVI’s shift from a “red light” to a “yellow light” on Turkey’s candidacy for the European Union, it was actually not the most jarring discontinuity between Joseph ...

Pope Benedict XVI says the final book of the Bible, which he referred to as the Book of the Apocalypse, provides Christians with a vision of a Church fully in communion with Jesus Christ in prayer.

The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration will host an in-person monastic experience June 26-28 at the congregation’s ...