+PAX April 1, August 1, December 1 Chapter 50: On Sisters Who are Working Far From the Oratory or Are on a Journey Those sisters who are working at a great...
+PAX One of our Oblates who is not Roman Catholic asked me to explain what I meant the other day by asking prayers that Diane's Dad would embrace the Divine...
+PAX Deo gratias! Prayers of thanksgiving for Bp. Basil and Francoise, Matt Fisher's Mom. Both are doing much better! Prayers also for Rick, terminal lung...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Frank, 3 months terminal with tracheal cancer, for his daughter Mary Beth and all his family. Prayers, too, for P., moving back in...
+PAX April 4, August 4, December 4 Chapter 53: On the Reception of Guests Let all guests who arrive be received like Christ, for He is going to say, "I came as...
+PAX April 5, August 5, December 5 Chapter 53: On the Reception of Guests Let there be a separate kitchen for the Abbot and guests, that the brethren may not...
+PAX Prayers of thanks for Ron and his Mom. She is home from the hospital, doing better and very grateful! Prayers also for the Episcopal Church USA and for...
+PAX April 7, August 7, December 7 Chapter 55: On the Clothes and Shoes of the Brethren Let clothing be given to the brethren according to the nature of the...
+PAX A blessed feast of Saint Dominic to all our Dominican readers and their friends! Special prayers of thanks for my Dominican teachers and and especially my...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Edith and her daughters. Elderly, she has deteriorated into deep psychosis and must be sent to a locked facility. The daughters have...
+PAX Prayers, please for Joy and her grandmother, Vivian. Vivian is recuperating from a feeding tube insertion at Joy's home and Joy already has her hands full...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Dana and Ian, father and son caught in a very messy marital situation. Also for Sean, that he gets the annulment he badly needs....
+PAX April 12, August 12, December 12 Chapter 58: On the Manner of Receiving Sisters When she is to be received she promises before all in the oratory ...
+PAX Prayers, please, for the repose of the soul of Brian McGeever, killed in a car wreck. God's will is best! All is mercy and grace! Thanks so much. NRN JL ...
+PAX Prayers of thanks for Johnny Cykala making it through his surgery successfully. Deo gratias! Prayers, also, for Karen and Mukluk, her canine best friend...
+PAX Please pray for the repose of the soul of Mary Ladorella, who died yesterday, and for her best friend, Grace, and her cousin, Mary, a double amputee whom...
+PAX Hey, folks, I only cut and paste from the OSB site. They switch genders from day to day to try for greater inclusion. Today's reading is ample sign of the...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Sarah, a teen having a tough adjustment as her parents change jobs and locales all at once, and for her parents! God's will is best!...
+PAX Ardent prayers, please, that I can complete the chicken house at the proper time. 'Tis quite a tall order and they refuse to stop growing, quite...
+PAX Marie, for whose dog, Ben, we prayed, reports that Ben is still very much with us. She also has taken in an orphaned lamb and asks prayers for herself and...
+PAX April 20, August 20, December 20 Chapter 64: On Constituting an Abbess In the constituting of an Abbess let this plan always be followed, that the office...
+PAX April 21, August 21, December 21 Chapter 64: On Constituting an Abbess Once she has been constituted, let the Abbess always bear in mind what a burden she...
+PAX Prayers, please, for two families rent by horrible divorces, also for Angela, a young mother in her 30's, likely to die this weekend from breast cancer,...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Mary, pneumonia after surgery and for Lou, undergoing surgery for extensive basal cell cancer of face, and for Louis, 17, brain...
+PAX April 24, August 24, December 24 Chapter 66: On the Porters of the Monastery At the gate of the monastery let there be placed a wise old woman, who knows...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Henk, whom we prayed for a while ago. he died on Friday. Prayers also for his family and especially his brother Jan, also close to...
+PAX I am pleased that Giovanni Voltaggio shared this insight of his with me. I thought it was so good that I am passing it on, with full credit to him!...
+PAX Prayer requests today will appear in a second post. You'll see why! It would be a complicated beginning to a very long reflection. But you will also see...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Gary and Jodi and the fraternal twins they are expecting near the end of this year. The boy is OK, the girl, Grace, has a serious...
+PAX Prayers of blessing for Bev on her birthday. 49 AGAIN?? Prayers, too for Stephanie, for new life, work and love after a 14 year relationship ended...