Suburban Hermit
“In Every Man There is a Monk and an Explorer” Ben Stauffer
Monks’ Repast
St Bruno in the Refectory My first visit to a monastery was during Lent. It was suitably austere, cold, damp and penitential. My second visit was in July, and it was the [...]
Tintern Abbey, South Wales, UK
Tintern Abbey Tintern Abbey in South Wales is situated in the beautiful Wye Valley--the Wye being a river that runs along the border of England and Wales. The hills rise above the [...]
Old Monk on Conversion of Life
Conversion of Life means your whole self must be transformed into a living icon of Christ.
The Carthusians
They say the Carthusian Order of monks is the only one that has never had to be reformed. The Carthusian Order, also called the Order of Saint Bruno, is a Catholic religious order of enclosed monastics. The order was founded [...]
St Benedict on Humility – Stages Five through Eight
Last week I posted the full chapter from Benedict's Rule on Humility, then commented at the end of the week on the first four stages. Here are some thoughts on stages five through eight. [...]
Mysticism and Mystery
From the Old Red Book The most beautiful and most profound emotion we can experience is the sensation of the mystical. It is the sower of all true science. He to whom this emotion [...]