Here I am, aspiring little benedictine monk. Today is the first day since I took on my new job that I took the time to sit in my silent room and be….silent. I have been praying, but not here. Having a sacred: set aside place to go and refuel is different though. I thought I’d […]
Lectio Divina What is it? The first time I heard about Lectio Divina was two years ago on a silent retreat. I read this book by Anselm Gruen: ‘Bronnen van spiritualiteit’ (sources of spirituality) which handled the topic of this ancient Benedictine meditation practice. Daily life in a Benedictine monastery consisted of three elements: liturgical […]
Today is Good Friday… Jesus died for us. We are not alone. He was. Thank You for your grace oh Lord I encourage you all to have a look and a listen at the Youtube video. A picture speaks more than a thousand words. Here is an English translation I made of the lyrics. Look […]
What is it? The Book of Common Prayer is the common title of a number of prayer books of the Church of England and of other Anglican churches. A major revision was published in 1662 (Church of England 1662). That edition has remained the official prayer book of the Church of England, although in the […]
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about how to improve my prayer life. I’ve been feeling uninspired, dull and unfocused to pray. Still I think prayer is the most important part of our spiritual life. That’s why I decided to dedicate a 10-part series to the matter: The Spiritual Toolbox, exploring different types of prayer […]
Therese de Lisieux (2 January 1873 – 30 September 1897) is one of the greatest Saints from the 19th century. She received a very early call from God to be a Carmelite nun, which she was from her 15th till her 24th year, when she died a tuberculosis-death. She was also called by the modest […]
Valentine’s day is coming up in 4 days. You either dislike it or love it. But there’s a third option for all you who fight a raging war against Valentine’s madness: we could all twist it round again from being the commercial, consumerist feast it has become to a day to show people our genuine […]
We live in a high tech information Society, trying to drink from a firehose of information — as David Allen so vividly put it — consuming blogs, twitter updates, facebook statuses, RSS feeds, podcasts, books… We’re also expected to crank out tasks at an equally dense rate. We write, we blog, we work, we construct, […]
