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Day 4: Work

Prayer Cycle / Monk in the World / Day 4 Video, Audio and Written Guides for Morning and Evening Prayer Morning Prayer Evening Prayer Make A Donation Access the free Monk in the World course Subscribe to our newsletter to gain access! Sign Up Here Morning Prayer OPENING PRAYER We gather this morning to remember […]

Day 3: Community

Prayer Cycle / Monk in the World / Day 3 Video, Audio and Written Guides for Morning and Evening Prayer Morning Prayer Evening Prayer Make A Donation Access the free Monk in the World course Subscribe to our newsletter to gain access! Sign Up Here Morning Prayer OPENING PRAYER We gather this morning to commit […]

Day 2: Hospitality

Prayer Cycle / Monk in the World / Day 2 Video, Audio and Written Guides for Morning and Evening Prayer Morning Prayer Evening Prayer Make A Donation Access the free Monk in the World course Subscribe to our newsletter to gain access! Sign Up Here Morning Prayer OPENING PRAYER Let us begin this day by […]

Day 1: Silence & Solitude

Prayer Cycle / Monk in the World / Day 1 Video, Audio and Written Guides for Morning and Evening Prayer Morning Prayer Evening Prayer Make A Donation Access the free Monk in the World course Subscribe to our newsletter to gain access! Sign Up Here Morning Prayer OPENING PRAYER We gather this morning to create […]

Hildy Tails 9: Bíonn adharca fada ar na ba thar lear ~ by John Valters Paintner

Hello, gentle readers! This series of 12 essays were composed during John & Christine’s Jubilee Year (which began pre-pandemic, but some of which was written during varying degrees of lockdown). They were dictated to John by the Abbey’s mascot, Hildy the Monk-ey. Hildy is a bit of a free spirit who likes to entertain and […]

Hildy Tales 8: Craic agus Ceol ~ by John Valters Paintner

Hello, gentle readers! This series of 12 essays were composed during John & Christine’s Jubilee Year (which began pre-pandemic, but some of which was written during varying degrees of lockdown). They were dictated to John by the Abbey’s mascot, Hildy the Monk-ey. Hildy is a bit of a free spirit who likes to entertain and […]