Flannery O'Connor

For your contemplation

May 9 • Center for Benedictine Life

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Grateful (?) Simplicity

Credit: Dorothea Lange

May 2 • Teresa Jackson

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April 2026

Those who have eyes to see. . .

Homily for the third Sunday of Easter, 2026 at the Monastery of St. Gertrude

Apr 19 • Teresa Jackson

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Walking each other home

Apr 11 • Center for Benedictine Life

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Fear not

Easter Vigil homily at the Monastery of St. Gertrude, 2026

Apr 5 • Teresa Jackson

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The parable of the cleaner

One night, in the college history department, a young professor sat with his head in his hands.

Apr 4 • Center for Benedictine Life

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March 2026

The angel Gabriel would like a word. . .

Wouldn’t it be nice if the Annunciation was simply an historical event?

Mar 25 • Teresa Jackson

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Advice from Rumi

This being human is a guest house

Mar 14 • Center for Benedictine Life

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Living into transformation

as part of a complex community

Mar 7 • Jane Somerton

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February 2026

Mystical Conversation

For lectio divina

Feb 14 • Center for Benedictine Life

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Benedictine wisdom in a time of uncertainty

Is it a curse to live in interesting times?

Feb 7 • Teresa Jackson

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January 2026

Dark night of the soul

A homemade translation of the poem by St. John of the Cross

Jan 10 • Center for Benedictine Life

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