I met Fr. Isaac once — at the Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo back in 2019. He came across as very smart and very nice. My one direct interaction with him was that he sold me a couple loaves of Genesee bread.
Great excerpts from the new book of translated Ryokan poems co-edited by Fr. Isaac Slater, OCSO at Abbey of the Genesee.
‘This and That’ - tricycle.org/article/ryok...
There are worse things than losing your head. (St. Denis)
Illustration of what it means to have a joyful resurrected outlook on life.
Fr. Greg Sakowicz
Holy Name Cathedral, #Chicago
When in Chicago, go to mass at Holy Name Cathedral.
You wait for me
From “Meister Eckhart’s Book of the Heart”
"Bend your heart's ear." -Benedict's Rule
Friends in Chicagoland, I look forward to seeing some of you in Oak Park tomorrow afternoon. ccitms.blogspot.com?m=1
"Religion often pulses in great art long after it ceases to be spoken or openly practiced by its artists. He also shows that some artists engage with an inherited faith in ways that are too complex to leave to the categories of belief and unbelief." www.spiritualityandpractice.com/book-reviews...
The God who nourishes struggling seeds. From “Meister Eckhart’s Book of the Heart”
Captions please.
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This is called the pigeon gospeller.
This title will be released on November 9, 2026.
#meistereckhart
Metaphors used by medieval monks to describe concentration:
A cat holding a mouse, a hen sitting on her eggs, a fish swimming in the water never caught.
Dear Sweden, Switzerland, New Zealand, Uraguay, Mauritius:
I would like to emigrate, together with my family. I think I have a lot to offer, but I'm also sort of desperate.
What are my chances?
Sincerely,
Jon
The older I get, the more I realize: loving others means acknowledging I don’t understand them.
When I was a young married seminary student 36 years ago I spent an entire Chicago winter wearing moccasins with holes in the soles, stuffed with cardboard that I'd change nightly.
But I continued to buy non-required books.
I'd do that again.
My God is love absolutely, #MeisterEckhart from "Meister Eckhart's Book of the Heart."
Remember this everyone.❤️🙏
Marking my calendar. Today, the first sounds of redwing blackbirds in the fields. #Vermont #birds #birdsong www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-wi...
@jonmsweeney.bsky.social You'll appreciate that we simultaneously bought this print of Francis and Clare. It's paired with the Cuthbert print on our wall.
When the world is falling apart, go ahead and build your garden.
My predawn reading. This copy was previously in the library at a historic convent in Dublin. The sisters vacated the site in 1994.
One of the lessons of Saint Francis is that we choose our siblings, our family.
#HappySiblingsDay
The memorable passage in the CONFESSIONS, VI.3, in which Augustine comes across Bishop Ambrose reading silently:
"But when he was reading, his eye glided over the pages, and his heart searched out the sense, but his voice and tongue were at rest."
(Image: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La...)
I don’t say this often, but with Pope Leo and the unified Vatican/Church stance against the US war against Iran, I couldn’t be prouder to be a Roman Catholic today.
Ancient culture knew not silent reading. Reading was done aloud. That is why the verb often translated "meditate" in Psalm 1:2 really means mumble or "say quietly."
"Happy are those who...delight in...the Lord, and on his law meditate [mumble; say quietly] day and night."
Why do people my age and older seem to worry endlessly about the effects of AI on the young, while, at the same time, whenever I ask someone my age or older a question, they seem to come back telling me what it is that AI answered?
Ethiopian Easter is this Sunday.
(Image from a copy of 'The Miracles of Mary,' The British Library)
