The winner of this week’s Poetry Party drawing is. . .
. . . Lynn White! Congratulations Lynn, you have won a space in the upcoming online Lenten retreat with St. Hildegard of Bingen. A deep bow of gratitude to everyone who participated in the Poetry Party (submissions are still welcome!) I savored each poem as it was shared and let it have space in my heart […]
Homecoming (a love note from your online Abbess)
My final question, ‘How will I know when I have reached the destination?’ brings me full circle, and I face the Mystery again. Perhaps the truth is that we never arrive, not because the journey is too long and too difficult but because we have been there all along. I am coming to believe that […]
Fear not the Strangeness (a love note from your online Abbess)
To receive this love note straight to your in-box, subscribe here (and also receive a free gift!) You must give birth to your images. They are the future waiting to be born. Fear not the strangeness you feel. The future must enter you long before it happens. Just wait for the birth, for the the […]
The River of Grief and the Well of Love (a love note)
To receive this love note from your online Abbess direct to your email in-box each week subscribe here: “So don’t be frightened, dear friend, if a sadness confronts you larger than any you have ever known, casting its shadow over all you do. You must think that something is happening within you, and remember that […]
Orchard and Forest (a love note)
Dearest monks and artists, This is proving to be a powerful Advent season for me. My husband and I have made the discernment to move to the west coast of Ireland at the end of December and so this threshold time left here in Vienna has become a profound opportunity for retreat, turning inward, savoring […]
Abbey Bookshelf: Season of Mystery by Paula Huston
I adore Paula Huston’s work and wise spirit. She is a fellow monastic oblate and writer of several books on spiritual practice, including one of my favorites The Holy Way: Practices for a Simple Life. I had the gift of participating in a writing workshop with her several years ago in New Mexico. Her new […]
December: A CinemaDivina Prayer Offering
Abbey of the Arts is thrilled to offer another beautiful CinemaDivina meditation for this month of December. Marilyn Freeman is a fellow pilgrim on the Benedictine path and she offers this videos as a way of inviting us to pray visually through the medium of film. (You can read her description of it here). Give […]