Talking About The Faith Path

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Praying our Raw Humanity When you come into My presence, pour out your heart before Me: all that you suffer, all that you question, all that you fear, give all to Me. This you do already when you pray the psalms. It was through the psalms that I poured out My own Heart to My Father, and in the...
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I See All Circumstances I do not judge you harshly, any more than the shepherd judges harshly the sheep that, in its stupidity, separated itself from the flock and lost its way. I see all the circumstances that come between Me and your desire to be with Me. I harbour no resentment in My...
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Memories of one of our Monastery founders Fr. Francis Xavier (Written in 2016) When I read the part of scripture where Jesus talks about the importance of being childlike as opposed to childish; I always think of Fr. Francis Xavier. When I first met him in 1968 I was taken by his child-like...
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What is God Like? But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. Matt 5: 44-45 ++++++++++ Most people are aware...
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Spur Us Onward Within the finite heart O Lord dwells the infinite, often hidden behind walls of fear and mistrust. As we stand, or kneel, or prostrate ourselves, trusting in your benevolence, our hearts expand, slowly becoming true to the image you have made us. We are backed Lord into many...
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Mary's Glorius Assumption My Mother is present to My Church in this world. Her glorious Assumption has not set her at a distance from My Church; it has, on the contrary, made it possible for her to be wherever the suffering members of My Mystical Body are most in need of her ministrations and...
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The Assumption of Mary (Written in 2016 for our Abbatial blessing) Since our Order is dedicated to the Blessed Mother and our Monastery has her in our name, it is fitting to have the abbatial blessing on this day. The full title of our Monastery is “Our Lady of the Monastery of the Holy...
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The Cosmic Battle Played out in our Mind's and Heart's Abba Ammonas was asked, 'What is the "narrow and hard way?" (Mt. 7.14) He replied, 'The "narrow and hard way" is this, to control your thoughts, and to strip yourself of your own will, for the sake of God. This is also the meaning of the...
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Jason the golden cat When I was a young monk, 23 to be exact, the year being 1973, we had a golden cat here named Jason. I am not much of a cat person but have always found them beautiful creatures and Jason the cat was definitely that. He was actually more like a dog than a cat. He loved...
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My Rock in the Whirlwind No matter your state I am constant, all things wax and wane in your world, my love is infinite all-consuming, never changing, my light that heals your soul. Your failures are many, weaknesses profound, often wandering off you go like a child lost and afraid, for deep...
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A Made up Bed, Symbol of Perfection I found out at a very young age that life was often disorganized, disordered, and cluttered. For me, there is no rest when these states build up. Being in a large family, not an unhappy situation, but a normal one, which has more than its share of troubles...
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Staying Put (Developing an open heart) It may seem strange but since I have been in prison I have learned a lot about myself. I have grown up a lot and have gotten closer to God and He has opened my heart to a lot .--Gregory B. ++++++++++ I have been writing a prisoner named Gregory for...
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Importance of prayer and a deep inner life in Dealing with life (Part 2) Prayer is not a luxury. Neither is the development of a deep inner life, a life of deepening self-awareness and reflection. Which I believe is a response to a calling from beyond me, to deeper freedom, compassion, and love...
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Dealing with life (Part 1) In dealing with the question “how do I react, interact with others”, it is not so much based on a technique, but on a habit of mind, of being aware, and yes with an understanding of what we are here for as well as what our lives or about. How we answer those...
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Mind readers....not! People can't read our minds. If you don't reach out no one will reach back. If you don't speak you will never be understood nor known in any significant way. Fear is a vicious jail-keeper. Better to try and fail and try again, than stay locked up in a self-made dungeon. To...
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Wrestling with God (Come to Me, then, without fear) My voice is always one of comfort and of love, producing peace in the soul—even when My words are cutting, even when they pierce the heart like the surgeon’s scalpel. Trust, then, in My words to you, and close the ear of your imagination and...
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Fr. Cassian on Left, Bishop Ned, Fr. Peter Damian August Retreat House Newsletter Hello My Friends, Happy dogs days of August! Well maybe, not sure ‘dog-days’ are something we look forward to. I am thankful we are getting enough rain, but very sorry for the states out West going through a...
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Make the Choice Today There is a kind of guilt that keeps souls far from Me—such guilt is the effect of wounded pride, of a deep disappointment in one’s flawed self. Never succumb to the guilt that whispers: “Stay away. It is no use. There is nothing left here for you. You are incapable of the...
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Exclusion comes from man, not from God …44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46If you love those who love...
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The Emmaus and Damascus event There is the Emmaus experience that many Christians have. The story in the New Testament is an interesting one. Two men, followers of Jesus, walking away from Jerusalem, leaving behind a life that was filled with hope in their expectations about Jesus and what they...

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