She became a Benedictine at his behest, and received profession twice at his hands.

This is accurate.

I’m quite impressed with the 2019 BCP. The contemporary Coverdale Psalter alone makes it.

You never know when you may come across an angel in disguise.

BL Yates Thompson 26; Bede, Prose Life of Cuthbert; 12th century; England, N. (Durham); f.17v

Beatiful LI(BER) at the beginning of Matthew's Gospel

Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, B II 11; Gospel Book; 9th century; Tours, Marmoutier Abbey (?); f.27
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Hi there, I’m flattered but I doubt I have much to offer, and I’d want to do so with the blessing of my bishop.

Very pleased to have received today this new icon of my patron saint by Aidan Hart.

'St Knud's Church by the River in Odense. Autumn' by Dankvart Dreyer, c.1842. 🇩🇰

Probably my favourite long late antiquity piece of art. The so-called "palimpsest" fresco in Santa Maria Antiqua in Rome shows consecutive layers of paintings from the sixth century (Mary as empress of heaven) all the way to the seventh and early eight century. The level of detail is just amazing.

A too online man came to Jesus and asked, “What must I do to receive eternal life?”
Jesus told him to keep the
commandments, to which the man replied that he had. Jesus then told him to delete his accounts and stop trolling. When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he was based.

Humility is too exalted a goal, but perhaps you could aim for the halfway house of gratitude. — Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh

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This letter from Abbot John Chapman OSB (+1933) remains one of the very best pieces of practical spiritual advice I’ve come across.

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Memory eternal to Georgette, who fled her homeland of Palestine as a toddler in 1948.

“It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.” — J.H. Newman, Sermon 4, “The Usurpations of Reason”

A dachshund with shaded goggles receiving a laser treatment

Our dog is doing physical therapy, and the photos they’re sending us make him look like a Far Side character.

Two 17th century visual reworkings of St. Colmcille or Columba of Iona whose feast it is #otd on 9 June, d. 597. Both turn him into a #Benedictine. (JMcC/BM)

Enthusiasm for the liturgy in Latin is too often inversely proportional to the actual amount of Latin language known or studied.

Dedicating the text to Christ

Einsiedeln Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 17(405); The Four Gospels with commentaries by Jerome; 10th century (before 950); St. Gall; p.23
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Popes should be elected via X polls set up by Elon Musk, probably 😬