Hildegard of Bingen and the Greening Power of God:
A Pilgrimage in Germany
with Christine Valters Paintner, PhD, OblSB and Betsey Beckman, MM September 11-19, 2022 – ONE TWIN SPACE LEFT (Male) [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Fire of the Holy Spirit, life of the life of every creature, holy are you in giving life to forms. Rivers spring forth from the waters earth wears her green vigor. –Hildegard of Bingen. Description [siteorigin_widget […]
Ancestral Pilgrimage: Journeying to Places of Family Significance (a love note)
While I am away leading a pilgrimage in Vienna, Austria I offer you this reflection from the Abbey archives: As we grow older we have more and more people to remember, people who have died before us. It is very important to remember those who have loved us and those we have loved. Remembering them […]
The Gift of Holy Surprise: Pilgrimage of Resurrection through Creative Practice (a love note)
This is the eighth in a series of eight reflections over the season of Easter on making a pilgrimage of resurrection. Word for Today: Spirit ‘What is serious to men is often very trivial in the sight of God. What in God might appear to us as “play” is perhaps what He Himself takes most […]
Monk in the World guest post: Sharon Landis
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission for the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Sharon Landis’s reflection on being powerfully ordinary: I write constantly. I cannot stop writing as writing helps me process my life: helps me express my emotions rather than repress, helps me listen to my heart, […]
The Journey Home – Pilgrimage of Resurrection through Creative Practice (a love note)
This is the seventh in a series of eight reflections over the season of Easter on making a pilgrimage of resurrection. Word for Today: Blessing The gospel reading for the seventh week of Easter shows us Jesus’ ascension, which is ultimately a journey home again. Our own pilgrimage of resurrection calls us home, but we may wonder […]
Monk in the World guest post: Colette Lafia
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission for the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Colette Lafia’s reflection on her friend, Brother René: In 2003, at a time in my life when I was experiencing intense loss and grief, from infertility, my sister’s death to cancer, and chronic insomnia, my husband […]
Wandering for the Love of God: Shepherd – Pilgrimage of Resurrection through Creative Practice (a love note)
This is the fourth in a series of eight reflections over the season of Easter on making a pilgrimage of resurrection. Word for Today: Shepherd In the gospel reading for this fourth Sunday of Easter, Jesus offers us the image of the good shepherd. Living in Ireland, flocks of sheep are very much a part […]