Category: Vocations

My Calling to be a Benedictine

Father Boniface Hicks OSB February 17, 2020 2 Comments

Fr. Boniface Hicks, OSB begins a fascinating series exploring his conversion and calling to the Benedictines.

Unique and Unrepeatable

Father Boniface Hicks OSB February 3, 2020 No Comments

Each person is unique–and each relationship with God is unrepeatable. Fr. Boniface Hicks invites us to consider deeply this truth.

Vocation Versus State of Life

Charlie McKinney January 1, 2020 4 Comments

Therefore, that I might not become too elated, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, an angel of Satan, to beat me, to keep me from being too elated. Three times I begged the Lord about this, that it might leave me, but He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.’ I will rather boast most gladly of my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may dwell with me. — 2 Corinthians 12:7–9

Headaches and Hair Shirts: This Present Paradise, Part 14

Claire Dwyer December 3, 2019 5 Comments

“Choose mortifications that don’t mortify others.” Claire Dwyer expounds on this saying of St. JosemarÍa Escrivá in today’s reflection.

The Woman of the Hour: This Present Paradise, Part 13

Claire Dwyer November 26, 2019 No Comments

When we surrender ourselves and our dearest things to Mary, she will determine the hour for their fulfillment, just as she did at Cana. St. Elizabeth of the Trinity discovers this in Claire Dwyer’s next in the series.