OK, so it’s still on my nightstand, but I finished it about a week ago. I think it will stay on the nightstand a good long while. I bought this at a monastery bookstore in mid-June, never having heard of the 2005 BBC TV series The Monastery or, for that matter, of Worth Abbey. This… Continue reading On the Nightstand: Finding Sanctuary: Monastic Steps for Everyday Life by Abbot Christopher Jamison
Category: Nonfiction
On the Nightstand: Stumble by Heather King
The “sell” copy for this collection of Heather King essays begins: STUMBLE will inspire you to understand that the first step on the path of redemption is a sense of humor. The second is failure. Why, for example, every time I go “on retreat,” do I manage to develop at least one huge resentment? And… Continue reading On the Nightstand: Stumble by Heather King
On the Nightstand: Beautiful Holiness: A Spiritual Journey with Blessed Conchita to the Heart of Jesus by Kathleen Beckman
Concepcion Cabrera de Armida (1862-1937) was a mother of nine when her husband died. It was not an easy life; she lived in Mexico City, and the Mexican Revolution began nine years after her husband’s death. Undoubtedly, she asked the Lord for many graces during those years. This is the response she received: “Ask me… Continue reading On the Nightstand: Beautiful Holiness: A Spiritual Journey with Blessed Conchita to the Heart of Jesus by Kathleen Beckman
On the Nightstand: The Handy Little Guide: Liturgy of the Hours by Barb Szyszkiewicz
Back in the fall of 2019, I bought the 2,000-page Christian Prayer: Liturgy of the Hours, with every intention of adopting the practice of stopping to pray five times a day (also known as the Divine Office) in 2020. I was just starting to get into this beautiful habit and then, well, covid. And I… Continue reading On the Nightstand: The Handy Little Guide: Liturgy of the Hours by Barb Szyszkiewicz