by Br. Randy OSB-F | Dec 28, 2021 | Benedictine Vows, Personal Qualities, Randy's Corner
Hello there! Glad to be back with you again. I just heard that Amma Jane is planning yet another trip. I questioned her on that, mewing that Benedict encourages us not to leave the enclosure because it’s not good for our souls (RB 66.7). She nodded absently and...
by Br. Randy OSB-F | Dec 28, 2021 | Benedictine Vows, Personal Qualities, Randy's Corner, Relationship/Community
I have some sad news to report. We lost one of our faithful members in the cloister of eight. Marcy had cancer and got really thin and weak. Amma Jane and Prior John did all they could to help her. The vet tried hard as well. But when Marcy left the house...
by Br. Randy OSB-F | Dec 28, 2021 | Randy's Corner, Relationship/Community
I was reading the Rule today and came across what Benedict says about cultivating fairness in our lives. The Rule is loaded with instructions about how to treat others with fairness and consideration. He was concerned that the monastics, and by extension, us felines...
by Br. Randy OSB-F | Dec 23, 2021 | Randy's Corner
My dear friends. I wanted to write this to you before I got too weak to put my thoughts together. As you may know from the article “Care Of The Sick,” I’m very sick. The vet told Abbess Jane and Prior John that I have lymphoma. Amma is doing...
by Br. Randy OSB-F | Dec 23, 2021 | Personal Qualities, Randy's Corner
Hi there! Do you spend much time looking in the mirror? Certainly a glance at ourselves is needed now and then to make sure our fur looks tidy ad we have washed up around our mouths after a meal. What I am talking about is excessive mirror gazing. Mirror, Mirror on...
