Hidden Contemplatives

The Angel said to them, "Don't be afraid! I am here with good news for you, which will bring great joy to all the people....

An extract of this essay was recently published in To Live From The Heart , Sr. Stan's latest book. St. Mary's Cistercian Ab...

I Know The Way You Can Get I know the way you can get When you have not had a drink of Love: Your face hardens,  Your sw...

God is the infinity of the concrete immediacy of every moment. Dr. James Finley How many times do we catch ourselves being sur...

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing  and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there. Rumi Beyond Acceptance and ...

I watch people in the world  Throw away their lives lusting after things,  Never able to satisfy their desires,  Falling in...

Gardening is cheaper than therapy, and you get tomatoes. Anonymous Mindfulness is a practice which has become great...

Don't surrender your loneliness  So quickly. Let it cut more deep. Let it ferment and season you As few human Or eve...

A Parent’s Blessing When you were born Our hearts were so full of happiness That there was no room in us for words. W...

A friend of mine recently handed me a copy of this book which I had come across many years ago, but had never quite got around to read...

Stained Glass at Mount Melleray Cistercian Abbey, Cappoquin The Divine Image To Mercy Pity Peace and Love All pray in their dist...

I remember first being introduced to meditation in my 20s, and for some reason, in spite of an often restless mind, I also had a stro...