Join us for Sacred Time this Advent ~ A love note from your online abbess
Dearest monks and artists, This has been a challenging week for many of us across the globe. If anything these events remind us even more of how essential this path of the monk is in a world that favors division, hatred, constant noise, and an endless, manic rushing. This community of fellow monks gives me […]
Embrace the slow rhythms of sacred time ~ A love note from your online abbess
Dearest monks and artists, We live in a breathless world. Everything around us seems to move at faster and faster speeds, summoning us to keep up. We multitask, we organize, we simplify, we do all we can to keep on top of the many demands on our time. We yearn for a day with more […]
Samhain: Entering the Dark Half of the Year (online retreat tomorrow!) ~ A love note from your online abbess
Dearest monks and artists, Samhain marks one of the two great doorways of the Celtic year. The Celts divided the year into two seasons: the season of light and the season of dark. Some believe that Samhain was the more important festival, marking the beginning of a whole new cycle, just as the Celtic day […]
St. Brigid and the Archetype of the Healer ~ A love note from your online abbess
St. Brigid and the Fruit Tree There was the moment you could bear it no more. Your eyes brimming with great glistening drops summoned by the hunger of the world, the callous and terrible things men and women do to one another. Your tears splashed onto cold stony earth, ringing out like bells calling monks […]
Feast of St. Francis and the Holy Fool ~ A love note from your online abbess
St. Francis at the Corner Pub Approaching the door, you can already hear his generous laughter. He stands on the bar upside down for a moment to get a new perspective on things, a flash of polka-dotted boxers as his brown robe cascades over his head, sandaled toes wiggling in the air in time with […]
Water, Wind, Earth & Fire: Wisdom for Life’s Journey ~ A love note from your online abbess
Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, This week we marked the autumn equinox, a time when the sun rests above the equator, and day and night are divided equally. It heralds a season filled with change, celebrates the harvest, and ushers in the brilliant beauty of death. Autumn is a season of transition, of continual movement. […]
Dorothy Day and the Archetype of the Orphan – join us tomorrow! ~ A love note from your online abbess
Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, Dorothy Day, the 20th century founder of the Catholic Worker movement and a Benedictine oblate, was very much committed to those who were “outcasts” and on the fringes of society. She loved the widow and the orphan. She was passionate about the corporal works of mercy: feeding the hungry, sheltering […]