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Prayer as a School of Hope

We share with you a timely and insightful letter on prayer and hope from the Abbot General of our Order, Dom Bernardus Peeters ocso…

What is it to speak about a faith context for lectio divina? In the first place, what is lectio divina? This reverenced way of prayer in the Church centres us on the encounter with Jesus Christ in the word of Sacred Scripture. Lectio divina – literally, sacred or divine reading – is the prayerful, slowContinue reading “Faith and Lectio Divina”

Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-15 In his Encyclical Letter on the Holy Eucharist, Mysterium Fidei (The Mystery of Faith, 1965), Pope Paul VI wrote powerfully about the presence of Christ and how this presence is mediated in various ways through various means made manifest in the Church’s life and mission: 35. AllContinue reading “Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper”