Over at the Suburban Hermit part of the blog there is another full chapter of my book St Benedict and St Therese - The Little Rule and the Little Way. This is part three of a weekly Benedictine Retreat online. This section is reserved for Donor Subscribers, but an excerpt from the chapter is published here [...]
The Little Rule and the Little Way In his final chapter Benedict says his rule is ‘a little rule for beginners.’ At first this sounds like the false modesty of the great man of letters. ‘You have written a masterpiece!’ says the fawning devotee. With a superior wave of the hand the guru says, ‘It is [...]
It is my aim during Lent to expand and promote Benedictine Spirituality here at the Suburban Hermit section of my blog. Some excerpts from this Benedictine Lent Online Retreat will be available on the main blog, but longer parts of my book St Benedict and St Therese will be posted here for Donor Subscribers. This is [...]
The American Alpha Achievement culture sells us the idea that success should be one quick upward spiral from glory to glory until we are the perfectly successful person with a perfect tan, perfect teeth, perfect hair, perfect body, perfect bank account, perfect spouse, perfect kids, perfect house (or maybe two or three houses) perfect everything. Well [...]
The Suburban Hermit is always enthusiastic about Lent. In fact, he'd dearly love to become more of a hermit if possible and be the turtle that draws into his shell and stays there--only peeking out from time to time to nibble a lettuce leaf. The trick to a happy Lent is to see it as a [...]