Becoming a *Monk in the World* with Mary Earle
I got to know Mary first through her books and then later had the joy of meeting her in person at a Spiritual Directors International conference. She is an Episcopal priest and the author of several books on how Benedictine practice can be supportive of those living with illness. In her writing I discovered a […]
A Monk in the World
One of the ways we become intimate with the fire in our lives is to explore our passions, our deepest desires, the commitments which make our hearts burn with love. The mystics across traditions describe God as the spark or flame dwelling in each of our hearts, the source of infinite compassion. When we live […]
Monk in World Guest Post: Kirsten Keppel
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Kirsten Keppel’s reflection on living the Liturgy of the Hours. I find that living the Liturgy of the Hours through short yet consistent practices of paring and pruning, offering hospitality, and praying […]
Lectio Divina: The Sacred Art of Reading the World
Jan 11, 2027 – Feb 7, 2027 @ 3:30 pm GMT – 4:30 pm GMT –
with Christine Valters Paintner, Carmen Acevedo Butcher, Cassidhe Hart, Jo-ed Tome, Lisha Epperson, and Richard Bruxvoort Colligan
Join us for an introduction to the practice of lectio divina where you will also be invited deeper into creative ways of engaging the rhythms of lectio through movement, poetry, praying with images (visio divina), praying with sound (audio divina), praying with nature, and praying with the sacred stories of our lives.
Dancing Monk Feast Days: Reflections, Creative Invitations, and Prayers
Order Now Description Sample Creative Invitation and Prayer January 15th: St. Íta of Killeedy (c. 480–January 15, 570) I thirst for divine love. Íta is the second most significant woman saint in Ireland after Brigid, and her name means thirst. When she was young, she had a dream where she was gifted three precious stones. Unsure […]
When It Feels as if the World Is Ending ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
When It Feels as if the World Is Ending*Holy Ground of Love,the world so often feels as if it is endingwith news of wars raging, children dying,fires burning, floods rising—so much suffering, so much cruelty.My heart feels like a tree rotting away,my throat is full of gravel,my gut a boulder,my eyes swollen with tears.With the […]
Way of the Monk, Path of the Artist ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
For Glimpses of Heaven Here and Now*Sacred Source of Joy,help us to see glimpsesof heaven all around us,in the urgency of each spring’s blooming,in the simple gifts of waterto bathe in and drink,in our morning tea or coffee,with steam rising like this prayer,in the dog’s pleading eyesor the warm embrace of a friend,in the food […]