I recently read about a unique perspective on the sacred heart of Jesus proposed by a twelfth-century Cistercian abbot. In a Palm Sunday sermon, this abbot, Guerric of Igny, suggested that Jesus’ side was pierced when he was on the…
You might say that our calling as Christians is to “put on the mind and heart of Christ,” as St. Paul says in his letter to the Philippians. If that is the case, our apprenticeship in this process begins with…
In the "Partners in Prayer" program, Benedictine College students are paired with a sister and join the community for Evening Prayer and supper once or twice a month.
Like my great-great-grandfather and so many others, we who are present today when others are in need can join in God’s great flow of mercy.
I have two primary ministries: I am the editor of Threshold and Benedictines magazines, and I am the director of the Atchison oblate deanery. For Threshold, I write and compile stories of our Benedictine life at the Mount to share with family, oblates, friends,…