War and Psalms
Psalms are the bedrock of Benedictine prayer. We pray them three times day, offering them up as prayer for the world and using them as a means to enter into […]
Entries by Amanda Hackett
Stop and Help
Sometimes when I am in my office, someone may walk in and ask me to help her with a task. It may be a computer tip, which surprises me because […]
Being Benedictine
I will never, never skip a word of the Rule of St. Benedict again! All of you who read the Rule know there are parts that don’t seem to fit […]
Alone at the Cottage
All the others are over there, beyond my view. I enter deep into aloneness, into my loneliness. Awake in early darkness I search for I know-not-what, for peace? For an […]
Love on Our Sleeves
Thinking about Good Friday, I wondered where it had taken me. Not very far, I’m afraid. The same rituals. The prayers. But what is Good Friday all about? I took […]
Same-Day Surgery
One way to become acquainted with a health care facility is to spend some time at one. So, after my total hip replacement, I was transported to the Rapid Recovery […]
Protected: In Loving Memory: Monica (Gloria) Mai, OSB
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One Night’s Stay Turned into Two
“Can you help me make a hotel reservation?” said I to the tech guru in the family. “Just call to the hotel directly,” was the prompt given. The still small […]
Planting Seeds
“All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.” – Proverb Flower seeds come in all shapes and sizes, yet when they are planted, prosper and […]
Monica (Gloria) Mai, OSB
Monica (Gloria) Mai, OSB Saint Benedict’s Monastery St. Joseph, Minn. December 29, 1933 – March 5, 2022 The Eucharist of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, […]
