Our Patroness THE CLOISTERED HEART - May 24, 2013 ... aims!" - St. Jane de Chantal "You must adhere to this practice of looking at God within you and it will absorb all others." - St. Jane de Chantal "Our Lord, in no place of Scripture, says... give Me thy head, thine arms, thy life, but only: My child, give Me thy heart. Whoso has a person's heart, has the entire person. The heart is the seat of love. When I shall have thy heart, I shall set My love upon it. I will make My love dwell therein and then all the rest will follow as a consequence." - ...http://www.thecloisteredheart.org/2013/05/our-patroness.html
The Holy Spirit - The Church's Towering Lighthouse BEGINNING TO PRAY - May 20, 2013 http://beginningtopray.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-holy-spirit-churchs-towering.html
Prayer of a Anonymous Abbess FR. KENNETH ALLEN - May 15, 2013 ... with great depth. "Prayer of an Anonymous Abbess: Lord, thou knowest better than myself that I am growing older and will soon be old. Keep me from becoming too talkative, and especially from the unfortunate habit of thinking that I must say something on every subject and at every opportunity. Release me from the idea that I must straighten out other peoples' affairs. With my immense treasure of experience and wisdom, it seems a pity not to let everybody partake of it. But thou ...http://www.fatherallen.net/2013/05/15/prayer-of-a-anonymous-abbess/
Hollywood Actress-Turned-Nun Details Vocation in New Book CLERICAL WHISPERS - May 11, 2013 http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/05/hollywood-actress-turned-nun-details.html
Saint's Names of the Day - Ava and Gregory SPIRITUAL WOMAN - May 7, 2013 ... Grzegorz . There are several saints with the name Gregory including St. Gregory Barbarigo, St. Gregory Nazianzus, St. Gregory of Nyssa, St. Gregory Palamas, St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, St. Gregory the Enlightener, St. Gregory the Sinaite, and St. Gregory the Great. St. Gregory the Great (540-604) was the son of a Roman senator. He gave up the world and turned to God, becoming one of the seven deacons of Rome. He was appointed Chief Magistrate of Rome by Emperor Justin the Elder. He built six ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/SPBgN/~3/8jf2aN4BxB8/saints-names-of-day-ava-and-gregory.html
Hey Max. I've Heard of Benedictine Monks and I've Done a Little Reading on Them But, I Don't Know Much About the Augusti CRUSADER MAXIMUS - April 29, 2013 ... Benedict . This autonomy means that the abbott or abbess is in charge of the monastery, there is no "superior general" of the Benedictines to boss the local communities around, each community stands on its own. Benedictines take on a vow of stability, meaning that once someone enters a monastery, they promise to remain there for the remainder of their lives (unless he is on business for the community, is made a bishop, serious reasons like that). Within the monastery the monks ...http://crusadermaximus.tumblr.com/post/49204175130
Praying for the Abbot in the Eucharistic Prayer at Mass? COMMUNIO - April 24, 2013 ... abbey as well. There are only eleven such territorial abbacies still in existence (six in Italy, two in Switzerland, and one each in Austria, Hungary, and North Korea; (cf. Annuario Pontificio 2012)." The Churches in North America (the USA and Canada) we do not have an abbot nullius, that is, no more territorial abbacies. The last one in the USA was Belmont Abbey and the last in Canada was St Peter's Abbey. This would apply also to a conventual prior of a community. So, the matter seems to be ...http://communio.stblogs.org/2013/04/praying-for-the-abbot-in-the-e.html
St. Agnes of Montepulciano A CATHOLIC VIEW - April 20, 2013 ... greater austerities in the abbey. She lived on bread and water for 15 years, slept on the ground and used a stone for a pillow. It was said that she had visions of the Virgin Mary and that in her visions angels gave her Communion. She also had a vision in which she was holding the infant Jesus. When she awoke from her trance, she she was holding the small gold crucifix the infant Jesus was wearing. She died in 1317. Miracles have been reported at her tomb. When her body was moved to a church ...http://acatholicview.blogspot.com/2013/04/st-agnes-of-montepulciano.html
Benedictine Nuns Release Second Album, Honoring Saints CLERICAL WHISPERS - April 18, 2013 http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/04/benedictine-nuns-release-second-album.html
Margaret St John, Abbess of Shaftesbury TEA AT TRIANON - April 2, 2013 ... Subterfuge : So far there has been no evidence of impropriety to stain the reputation of Margaret St John, elected Abbess at Shaftesbury on March 9, 1460. Shortly before her death in 1492 Margaret established a chantry, an endowment to fund either a chapel or a priest to pray for the souls of her royal relations and her parents. Following the dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539 by Margaret's great nephew, Henry VIII, the fabric of the Abbey was plundered for building ...http://teaattrianon.blogspot.com/2013/04/margaret-st-john-abbess-of-shaftesbury.html
Antiochian Archdiocese Establishing Female Monastery in PA BYZANTINE, TEXAS - April 2, 2013 http://byztex.blogspot.com/2013/04/antiochian-archdiocese-establishing.html
No Feet Instead an Offering for the Poor FR RAY BLAKE'S BLOG - March 30, 2013 ... out by the servers. It is the first time I haven't done it. As the choir had prepared the Mandatum, and as I stress the 3 collections of the Triduum, for the poor, the Holy Places and on Easter Day for the clergy, in our diocese it is an important part of the PPs income, so I asked the servers to place the bowl and towel before the sanctuary and invited people to come up and place their offering in the bowl. The money was for the poor, we will give it to the local Coptic Church as a fraternal ...http://marymagdalen.blogspot.com/2013/03/no-feet-instead-offering-for-poor.html
Saint Rupert A CATHOLIC VIEW - March 27, 2013 http://acatholicview.blogspot.com/2013/03/saint-rupert.html
Saint Rupert CATHOLIC FIRE - March 27, 2013 http://catholicfire.blogspot.com/2013/03/saint-rupert.html
Flannery O'Connor an Abbess? Maybe Anchorite, Not Abbess CATHOLIC PUNDIT WANNABE - March 25, 2013 My Amazon Review of the Book: Abbess of Andalusia from December 14, 2012 The misuse of the word abbess in the title might help explain why this book doesn't totally sit right with me. This definition of abbess from Wikipedia is as good as any: "An abbess (Latin abbatissa, feminine form of abbas, abbot) is the female superior, or mother superior, of a community of nuns, often an abbey."http://catholicpunditwannabe.blogspot.com/2013/03/flannery-oconnor-abbess-maybe-anchorite.html
Holy Obedience MOUNT CARMEL - March 22, 2013 ... Abbess. As such, consultation is frequent in my Community. But dialogue is only a means to an end. It is not an end in itself. It fosters openness and confident participation in the life of community. But the final authority rests on the local Superior. If I may quote from "Starting Afresh from Christ- the Consecrated Life in the Third Milennium": - "A personal and confident participation in the community's life and mission is required of all its members. Even if, in the end, ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MountCarmel/~3/8NB1Ja6_-MQ/holy-obedience.html
Give Honor and Glory to God in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar THE EUCHARIST - JESUS IS WITH US - March 22, 2013 Mother St. Joseph (Francis Horne) was the second Abbess of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim, Ireland. as they were called then, but who are now part of the Poor Clare Order. On 25th March 1870 Perpetual Adoration began in the Monastery. Mother St. Joseph was a very saintly nun who also had inspirations from the Lord. Below are some of those inspirations from the Lord regarding the Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament in their ...http://eucharistjesuswithus.blogspot.com/2013/03/give-honor-and-glory-to-god-in-most.html
St. Eusebia, Benedictine Abbess CATHOLIC FIRE - March 16, 2013 The saint of the day for March 16 is St. Eusebia (637-680), a Benedictine abbess, the daughter of Sts. Adalbald and Rictrudis and the great-granddaughter of Saint Gertrude the Elder. Eusebia's father was murdered when she was eight. Following his death, she was sent to the abbey of Hamage, Doudi, France, which her great-grandmother had founded and served as abbess. Gertrude died when Eusebia was twelve years old and she was elected to replace her. ...http://catholicfire.blogspot.com/2013/03/st-eusebia-benedictine-abbess.html
Ehanks COLWICH NOVITIATE - March 14, 2013 Thank you Mary Lou for your comment ,could you give me an idea of what you would like to discuss on the blog. Mother has left me to help put but no one seems to want to blog me . So please give me some ideas.Keeping you all in my humble prayers..please remember our dear Mother Abbess who is in Rome ,she even left me help out with the doghttp://colwichnov.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/ehanks/
St. Matilda A CATHOLIC VIEW - March 14, 2013 ... Denmark. She was born about 895 and was raised by her grandmother, the Abbess of Eufurt convent. Matilda married Henry the Fowler, son of Duke Otto of Saxony, in the year 909. He succeeded his father as Duke in the year 912 and in 919 succeeded King Conrad I to the German throne. She was widowed in the year 936, and supported her son Henry's claim to his father's throne. When her son Otto (the Great) was elected, she persuaded him to name Henry Duke of Bavaria after he led an ...http://acatholicview.blogspot.com/2013/03/st-matilda.html
