This is an ecumenical website of resources and reflections on liturgy, spirituality, and worship for individuals and communities. It is run by Rev. Bosco Peters.
An Infinity of Little Hours: Five Young Men and Their Trial of Faith in the Western World’s Most Austere Monastic Order (Hardcover) by Nancy Maguire (Author) 288 pages Publisher: PublicAffairs (March 6, 2006) Nancy Klein Maguire has written a book I could not put down. This is the story of five men who entered Parkminster… Continue Reading
I have not been blogging here much as I have been away nine days on retreat at the Cistercian Abbey at Tarrawarra (near Melbourne, Australia). [I know – one day there was a post encouraging prayer for the United Nations meeting to discuss progress on the Millennium Development Goals – but I wrote that before… Continue Reading
The CD Chant: Music For The Soul by the Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz (Holy Cross Abbey) is a surprising hit. It made the top of the charts in Europe. In Austria it reached double platinum, and in Germany gold. It appeared amongst the Top 10 hits from the USA to New Zealand. The primary… Continue Reading
September 14 is Holy Cross Day, the Triumph of the Cross, the Exaltation of the Cross. St Helena, having discovered the true cross of Jesus 14 September 326 (the “Invention of the Cross” sic. – 3 May) had a basilica in Jerusalem built over the spot. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was dedicated on… Continue Reading
