by AbbessJane | Jun 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
Purpose of the Tool: To take some time to read the Rule in a way that brings it more personally to you, especially if you are outside a monastic community and, through this practice, to discover the many ways Benedict gives you to prefer nothing but Christ....
by AbbessJane | Jun 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
While some may initially discount this book as not being serious or valuable to a Benedictine reader because of the catchy title, please don’t fall into this judgment. In this readable book, you will find gracious wisdom in the accounts of the author’s...
by AbbessJane | Feb 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
This is a wonderful book! Jeanne Guyon (1648 –1717) was a French mystic and one of the key advocates of Quietism, a movement considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church. She was imprisoned from 1695 to 1703 for the content of this book which was publically...
by AbbessJane | Feb 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
Will all of us who are greedy, please stand up! What? Not one of us is standing? Let’s take an honest look at this… In Chapter 57 – The Artisans of the Monastery Benedict cautions against the evil of avarice in setting prices of goods sold by the monastery. They...
by AbbessJane | Feb 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
Purpose of the Tool: To develop a practice that will help us draw closer to God by recollecting and pointing to God in all we do and in who we are. Background on the Tool: In my article “Living to the Glory of God” I encourage us to recognize our innate greed in so...
