+PAX Prayers, please, for Linda, in drug-induced coma for 10 days after surgery to repair a deep brain aneurysm. How the surgery affected her functions will...
+PAX The adoptive parents and grandmother for whom we have prayed anonymously several times- and who want to remain anonymous- have successfully adopted a baby...
I realize, from having reminded folks about the Morning Offering at least a couple of times a year in the Holy Rule reflections that a) all making it are not...
+PAX Prayers, please, for all those travelling for the holiday weekend in the US and Canada. Canadian and UK readers will please note the British spelling of...
+PAX Prayers of Deo gratias and thanks for Maureen Tynan, a faithful Oblate of ours and a Mass and Vespers regular, on her birthday. Ad multos annos!! I think...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Ben, going for military service in South Korea, and for his parents, Gerry and Eva, and all his family. Prayers, too, for Matty,...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Dick, difficult recovery from a heart attack and open heart surgery, also for Sue, personality disorder, and for Florence and Randy,...
+PAX The rest of the Holy Rule and prayer intentions will be sent when I get back from Mass. For now, please pray for all the victims of the London terrorist...
+PAX Prayers, please, for all the dead and injured in the London terror attacks and their families and dear ones. Prayers, too, for the deluded souls who...
+PAX In the prayer requests a few days ago, I referred to the parents of a newly adopted child as "adoptive parents." Matt D., one of our readers, sent me a...
+PAX Prayers for Abbot Anselm, flying home today from London and a long absence on visitations in the Province, that all of us arrive home safe and sound from...
+PAX Prayers for all Benedictines, that we may have a grace-filled and holy celebration of the Solemnity of our holy Father Benedict tomorrow. May his spirit...
+PAX Prayers, please, for all the great Benedictine family today, past, present and future, on the Solemnity of St. Benedict. May we all grow in grace and love...
+PAX Prayers, please, for a young man, 34, in cardiac intensive care for what might be a massive infection in his heart, and for all his family. Prayers for...
+PAX A blessed feast of St. Henry, Emperor, to all. Along with St. Frances of Rome, he is one of the two patrons of Oblates. May his example lead us all to...
+PAX Prayers, please, for our twin communities here, as we welcome our new Bishop for his first visit and lunch. Making the gazpacho is my job! For a...
+PAX Sorry to be so late today, mea culpa! Some odd manner of glitch made me think it went out this morning, but it didn't, apparently. Prayers, for Pat,...
+PAX A blessed feast of Our Lady of Einsiedeln to all our Swiss American OSB's, as well as a blessed feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel to all of her friends!! ...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Ellie and her Stephen ministry retreat, looking for a place to hold the gathering and we cannot help her the dates she needs. Prayers...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Fr. Brendan, suffering from hiccups since Friday and painfully worn out. Prayers for Steve, a minister diagnosed with adult leukemia,...
+PAX Continued prayers, please, for Sr. Gertrude Whalton, OSB, of Holy Name Monastery, who was laid to rest yesterday, for Sister Jerome and all of the other...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Kathie, just diagnosed with breast cancer and now weighing her surgical options, and for all her family and her kind friend, Linda,...
+PAX Ben Bennett, the local carpenter who helped build our chicken house and whom many of you prayed for and helped when he injured his hand badly last year,...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Ben Bennett, waiting to go into surgery for his broken hip. He had some heart problems that had to be cleared before operating on...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Denise, hospitalized with spinal meningitis, and for John, cancer, but also heart problems they are trying to relieve with a stent...
+PAX Prayers, please, for David, paranoid psychosis, sadly entwined with his religious feelings and refusing treatment, prayers, too, for Ellen, successful...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Lil, who died Friday, for her happy death, her family and all who mourn her. Prayers for someone discerning a community life...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Jack, a mildly retarded adult who has gone home to God, for his happy death and his family and all who mourn him. Prayers for three...
+PAX Prayers for the eternal rest of Ann, and for all our Anns and Joachims on this feast of Sts. Ann and Joachim. Prayers, please, for Doug, diabetic and...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Sandy, very near death from liver cancer. For her happy death and eternal rest and for all her family and friends. Prayers for Brian,...