Saint Benedict Orders Saint Maurus to the Rescue of Saint Placidus. ca.1445. Tempera on panel. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
St Maurus & St Placid: a simple command, a dangerous lake, a brother’s hand reaching out. In the Rule, love is never sentimental—it moves. Christ, teach us obedience that becomes mercy. #RuleOfStBenedict #MercifulLove
No crown—only a staff. No triumph—only service.
Last Sunday our father Julian received the Abbatial Blessing, entrusted with the care of souls. Lord, make him gentle and steadfast.
#RuleOfStBenedict #MercifulLove #CFMD
If you need prayer, send us a DM or just write “+” under this post.
We’ll carry your intentions to the altar and into our daily office, in the quiet of our little CFMD houses.
#PrayerRequest #MercifulLove #ECCUK
Quiet on our feed doesn’t mean quiet in our hearts.
We remain a small Benedictine-inspired community, praying in our scattered homes and carrying you before the Merciful Love of God.
#CFMD #MercifulLove #ECCUK
2 November — We remember the faithful departed. No one is forgotten in the Merciful Heart of God. We pray today for all who have died alone, unprepared, or unloved. May Christ receive them with tenderness!
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.
#AllSouls #CFMD #MercifulLove
1 November — All Saints. Today we thank God for the hidden saints: those who keep loving quietly in hospital beds, night shifts, small rooms, loneliness and pain. This is the path we try to walk in CFMD: mercy, fidelity, hope. Pray for us as we pray for you.
#AllSaints #CFMD #MercifulLove
Church in Pörtschach am Berg in the community of Maria Saal - Bruno of Cologne
🕯️ St Bruno teaches us that holiness grows in silence, prayer, and faithful love.
May his witness inspire our CFMD brothers to seek God’s mercy in the stillness of every day.
#StBruno #Carthusian #MonasticVocation #MercifulLove #Contemplation #CFMD #ChristianLife
St. Benedict delivering his Rule to St. Maurus and other monks of his order France, Monastery of St. Gilles, Nimes, 1129
Ever wondered how one becomes a Brother of Merciful Love? 🌿
Our formation is a path of prayer, work & mercy: postulancy, novitiate & vowed life under the Rule of St Benedict. Each step draws us deeper into the heart of Christ’s compassion. ✝️
#Vocation #Benedictine #MercifulLove #OraEtLabora
Top part of the oldest portrait of St. Francis, a mural painting in the sacred grotto “St. Benedict's Cave” in Subiaco.
🌍✨ St Francis of Assisi reminds us that small acts of love can change the world. His joy, simplicity, and care for creation call us to live with open hands and merciful hearts. How will you follow his way today? ✝️ #SaintFrancis #MercifulLove #CFMD
Today our CFMD brothers gathered in Chapter. We amended & adopted our Constitution, confirmed Fr Julian as Abbot for a 6-year mandate, & placed all in God’s hands. May the Rule of St Benedict & the vow of merciful love guide our life together. ✝️🕊️ #OraEtLabora #MercifulLove
A bell used to mark the beginning of the liturgy. Our chapel in Portsmouth, UK.
Tomorrow we brothers of CFMD gather in Chapter. Each day God gives us a new chance, never tiring of forgiving and welcoming our return. May His Spirit guide our discernment in mercy and unity. ✝️🕊️ #OraEtLabora #MercifulLove
Monastery garden and the chapel in Portsmouth, UK
Please keep us brothers of CFMD in prayer as we prepare for our Chapter. We seek to listen to the Holy Spirit, guided by the Rule of St Benedict & our vow of merciful love, so that our life may ever more reflect Christ’s heart. ✝️🕊️ #OraEtLabora #MercifulLove
October, the month of the Rosary, is near. 🌹 We invite you to join the Brethren of Merciful Love daily in prayer of the Rosary—lifting the world, the Church, and all who are unchurched to God’s mercy. ✝️ #Rosary #Prayer #CFMD #MercifulLove
Today we honour St. Padre Pio. His wounds & trials teach us to embrace suffering with love, root our life in prayer, and pour out mercy. As CFMD brothers, may we live his call: “Pray, hope, and don’t worry.”
#PadrePio #SaintOfTheDay #CFMD #MercifulLove #MonasticLife #PrayHopeDontWorry
Each day our vows guide us: stability keeps us faithful, obedience opens us to God, conversion helps us grow, and #MercifulLove teaches us to embrace the unchurched. This is my joy in living the #Benedictine path as a brother of #CFMD. #Vocation
The night view outside of the oldest Benedictine abbey in Poland.
We are #Benedictines, keeping the vows of obedience, stability & conversion of life. As #CFMD brothers we add a fourth: #MercifulLove. Rooted in the Rule of St Benedict, we seek God in prayer, work & community, welcoming all into His tender presence.
14 Sept: Exaltation of the Holy Cross. We lift the Cross not as a trophy, but as a sign that no wound is beyond Mercy. We go to the margins, meeting the unchurched with patient love. May every encounter be a small resurrection. #HolyCross #MercifulLove
Saint Monica tenderly holds a boy (possibly Saint Augustine) while beckoning the viewer with an open hand in this Academic painting by French artist Alexandre Cabanel.
St. Monica shows us the strength of merciful love. She never gave up on Augustine, praying through tears. As CFMD brothers we follow her example: carrying others in prayer, trusting God’s mercy when all seems lost.
#MercifulLove #CFMD #StMonica
🌿 At my perpetual vows I prayed:
“...in whose service I wish to live and to die.”
That is vocation: not perfection, but a heart offered to God’s merciful love.
If you feel the call to be a brother of the Merciful Love of God, trust Him. His love will be enough.
#Vocation #MercifulLove
On this day in 1895, St. Thérèse offered herself to God's Merciful Love. Read her bold prayer of love and surrender.
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImoDLD
#StTherese #MercifulLove
