+PAX It's World AIDS day, please remember all with HIV/AIDS in prayer today. Please also pray for Madeleine, who has lung cancer and for her parents, Angie and...
+PAX Prayers, please, for Ann Vogan, who was robbed and lost her pet, James Hicks, stress testing after a heart attack, and Alexei, struggling with life's...
+PAX Prayers, please, for my uncle, William Coors. I received word that he had died last night. Prayers, especially, for his wife, Betty (my Dad's only...
+PAX Prayers please, for Antonia, a child having open heart surgery today, for Marcus, who died at only 37 and for those who mourn him, and for Nick and his...
+PAX Long drives to NY for my uncle's funeral today, and back home late tomorrow, so please pray for Uncle Bill, his family and me- that I don't drowse off on...
+PAX Deepest thanks from my aunt, cousins and me for all who prayed for us during my uncle's death and funeral. God bless you all! Love, JL April 7, August 7,...
+PAX Prayers for Cliff Gawne-Mark, please, as he makes his final Oblation at St. John's Abbey! Ad multos annos, Cliff! JL April 8, August 8, December 8 Chapter...
+PAX April 9, August 9, December 9 Chapter 56: On the Abbess's Table Let the Abbess's table always be with the guests and the pilgrims. But when there are no...
+PAX April 10, August 10, December 10 Chapter 57: On the Artisans of the Monastery If there are artisans in the monastery, let them practice their crafts with...
+PAX April 11, August 11, December 11 Chapter 58: On the Manner of Receiving Sisters When anyone is newly come for the reformation of her life, let her not be...
+PAX I apologize for missing yesterday and being so very late today. Earthlink troubles and a cat trip to the vet (pray, but she seems better!) threw a wrench...
+PAX April 14, August 14, December 14 Chapter 60: On Priests Who May Wish to Live in the Monastery If any ordained priest should ask to be received into the...
+PAX My apologies to all for missing days lately. My cat, Dame Maggie, 17 years old, seems to be dying. There has been a lot of back and forth to the vet and...
+PAX I have brought my cat, Dame Maggie, home to die. I ask your good prayers that God's will may happen swiftly and with as little pain as possible for her. I...
+PAX Thanks for all who are praying for Maggie, my cat, and me. Please keep the prayers coming. Also, please pray for Nick and his wife, Eleanor. Eleanor, a...
+PAX Thanks again for all who continue to pray for my cat and me! I have posts from all over the world and it is awesome how all that prayer strengthens and...
+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 April 22, August 22, December 22 Chapter 65: On the Prior of the Monastery It happens all too often that the constituting of a Prior gives rise to grave...
+PAX Here goes, with no reflection. I put my dear cat, Dame Maggie, to sleep tonight and our Vespers regulars, Cas, Mary and Maureen, Oblates all, helped me...
+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 Merry and blessed Christmas to all! My deepest thanks to all who prayed for Dame Maggie and me during her sickness and death. You have no idea of my...
+PAX April 26, August 26, December 26 Chapter 68: If a Sister Is Commanded to Do Impossible Things If it happens that difficult or impossible tasks are laid on...
+PAX Elizabeth Tomlinson sent me this wonderful quote from Dorothy Day, an Oblate of St. Procopius Abbey whom we may so proudly call our own. While is was...
+PAX April 27, August 27, December 27 Chapter 69: That the Monks Presume Not to Defend One Another Care must be taken that no monk presume on any ground to...
+PAX April 28, August 28, December 28 Chapter 70: That No One Venture to Punish at Random Every occasion of presumption shall be avoided in the monastery, and...
+PAX Well, it may be the feast of the Holy Family, but for all you Anglophiles out there, happy feast of St. Thomas a Becket, who got bumped by the Sunday this...
+PAX Please pray for our Brother Bernard. Brother is epileptic; he had a seizure while making tea in our kitchen. He was alone at the time and the back of his...
+PAX Thanks from all of us for your prayers for Brother Bernard. Please keep them up. He is in the burn unit ICU at UMass Hospital in Worcester. Brother has...
+PAX I beg pardon of the many generous people who are writing with prayers that I cannot answer each post personally. We are so busy that last night even the...
PAX Prayers, please, for Brother Bernard, also for Peter and his siblings, fallen away from the faith, for Johanna, severe depression, and from Christopher,...
