Spirituality and religion “Spiritual but not religious” I am indebted to Sister Sandra Schneiders’ paper “Religion and Spirituality: Strangers, Rivals, or Partners?” (PDF) for elucidating the relationship between religion and spirituality. “Non-religious” spirituality at its worst is “privatized, idiosyncratic, personally satisfying stance and practice that makes no doctrinal claims, imposes no moral authority outside one’s
I only realtively recently fell over some research that the whole 8-hours-sleep-in-a-row pattern is relatively recent (see here, here, and here). The research of Roger Ekirch, professor of History at Virginia Tech, (presented in his book At Day’s Close: Night in Times Past) indicates we used to sleep in two shorter periods with wakefulness of
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I included reference to Carthusians in a sermon. In 1984, Philip Gröning sought to make a documentary in Le Grande Chartreuse. The monks replied that they were not ready for such a venture. Sixteen years later they wrote that they were ready. The documentary Die Große Stille – Into Great Silence was the result. I
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First Initiation into Carthusian Life If you have been a regular here for a while, or poked around this site a bit, you will know of my love for Carthusians. We have started discussion on this site about the issue of sourcing Christian spirituality from the monastic more than the domestic. I think that is
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]The Liturgy of the Hours, or Daily office, Prayer of the Church, breviary, Daily Prayer, or Opus Dei (the work of God) – these are various titles for which this page will become a reference and resource. Many resources for praying the Liturgy of the Hours are to be
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The full text of the Revised Grail Psalter can be found here. Its publication explains some of the astonishing “translations” in the new RC English Missal that are completely contrary to Liturgiam authenticam – I will deal with that in my next post with this title. The Revised Grail Psalter is a translation from the
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I cannot remember how I recently fell over this video. Sorry if I didn’t credit you. It is part of a 1964 vocations movie for the Dominicans. I think there is much that is fascinating here – let alone how much has changed in four and a half decades. People often think that the vows
What do you bring as a “hello” gift to an enclosed, contemplative Roman Catholic nun? The September edition of the Christchurch magazine Avenues had produced a splendid article on the Christchurch Carmelite Monastery of Christ the King (I cannot locate an online version of the article – sorry). A lot was written about Sr Cushla,
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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
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Reflections on Carthusians Philip Gröning; 164 minutesIn NZ International Film Festivals, different locations until late November 2006 I have had an interest in the Carthusians for at least 35 years. In 2005 I was able, with my family, to visit a number of Carthusian monasteries, museums, and ruins, including the wonderful museum La Correrie and
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