The other day I got an email from the kind folks at the Boston College School of Theology & Ministry telling me that I wasn't regist...

These past couple of days I've enjoyed a visit from my sister. It was very good to see her and catch up. We spent yesterday morning at t...

Thomas Merton: To live "in Christ" is to live in a mystery equal to that of the Incarnation and similar to it. ( New Seeds of C...

It's a commonplace in religious life to say that why you came isn't exactly the same as why you stay. This is largely because rel...

'The cave' is an iconic part of the accounts of St. Francis's conversion that have come down to us. Moreover, flooded with a n...

An important truth of the spiritual life which is vital to remember but easy to miss: When we become aware of needing some particular gra...

In subtle and not-so-subtle ways, seniority means something in religious life. From deference at table to who gets his choice of rooms, one...