GROWTH IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

Having had a very holy Irish priest with us the past ten days (he is stationed in southern California), I am reminded of my favorite monks (well, I can have favorites even though an ocean divides us).  These monks  have a problem with attracting vocations, but unlike much of the Western world, theirs is they have far too many men interested in their form of monastic life.  (See Blog  3/25/2017)

They are traditional Benedictines, but also have added adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament to their daily mission. This is in a spirit of reparation and intercession for the sanctification of priests.

Their life, as ours on Shaw Island, does not involve outside works. They have kept the Latin and Gregorian Chant as we have, as well as Lectio Divina. “It is a sacramental configuration to Christ, Priest and Victim, in his oblation to the Father; and this, in the context of a hidden life, marked by silence and in effective separation from the world.”  

As you can see from the recent photo they have grown from just a handful to 13 in only a few years.