A Contemplative Life

Carol Barry In this penitential season of Lent it may be appropriate to think of trust, what it is and how well we do it. I heard a sermon r...

Sister Phyllis Hunhoff One of my favorite things to do is to browse through the Sunday scripture readings to get a sense of the journey we w...

Sister Phyllis Hunhoff In the Benedictine tradition, January 15th is the Feast Day of the young disciples of Saint Benedict, Saints Maur and...

We are happy to feature Sister Phyllis Hunhoff's reflection on wisdom in Scripture and Tradition as our first personal blog entry. We in...

The problem is that we must learn to distinguish between purpose and meaning in life. ...Purpose has something to do with being productive a...

The goal of the spiritual path is not the great ascetic, not the indefatigable faster, not the consistent person, but the meek and gentle o...

Benedict perceives God as present immediately and actively within the ordinary materials and interactions of each day. Every encounter, eve...

Lectio can certainly be a source of faith-building, enlightening the mind as much as any study and motivating the will through powerful impu...

Your way of acting should be different from the world's way; the love of Christ must come before all else. You are not to act in anger o...