Here's one that's been on my conscience. I'm curious to see what readers think. Everyone knows the standard English formula of a...

I've been on a tear with weddings this summer, having witnessed nine marriages over the last eleven weekends. The ordinary weekly rhythm...

Another of the friars and I were talking about limbo, the idea that there is some kind of eschatological destiny that corresponds to perfect...

I'm always struck by confession with these Trappists. I have found them very wise and extraordinarily gentle. Self-knowledge is part of ...

For her day today, I was praying with Mary Magdalene, especially through the gospel for her feast, John 20:11-18 "Mary stayed outside t...

Yesterday I watched the film Clare and Francis . Directed by Fabrizio Costa and originally produced as a mini-series for Italian TV, this 20...

The "practice" of contemplative prayer can be an obstacle to prayer--if, consciously or not, we come to it and execute it wrong-he...