Through the mouth of the cave I watched the storm front move in from the east. I could already hear the approaching thunder; the low bank of cloud was gray with it. I was perched on a low ledge inside the cave, which was just long enough to accommodate a human body laid prone. I had filled the place . . . . Continue Reading »
Mark’s Gospel is the Gospel of Jesus the Fool. Mark’s Gospel confronts us with Jesus’s folly in at least two ways: the folly of retreat and the folly of humility. Continue Reading »
Jason M. Baxter joins the podcast to discuss his recently published book, An Introduction to Christian Mysticism: Recovering the Wildness of Spiritual Life. Continue Reading »
The intellectual formation provided by these pages has prepared me to commit myself to living according to a set of ideals ordered toward the highest good. Continue Reading »
Our editors reflect on their latest reads. Continue Reading »
The forced closures of Austrian religious houses struck at the country's Catholic roots. Continue Reading »
The story of Abbot Thomas Frerking, OSB, deserves to be better known. Continue Reading »
In dark days near the beginning of World War II, Bonhoeffer, the famed Protestant theologian, found himself living in a Catholic community. Bonhoeffer found spiritual nourishment at Ettal in the daily rhythms of Scripture, prayer, silence, and song. Continue Reading »
Marriage and monastic life share many pleasures, pains, and conundrums. Every day you have to walk into the thicket of your promise again. Continue Reading »
The Italian author Umberto Eco belonged to a rare breed—a medievalist of encyclopedic erudition, a creative philosopher and a talented novelist. Prompted by his recent death, Eco’s first novel, The Name of the Rose, has resurfaced in bookstands everywhere. The novel is a murder mystery set . . . . Continue Reading »
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