Greetings Glen Mar, While many of us struggle with being quiet, the Desert Mothers and Fathers believed that silence was a discipline that makes space for God to be present. Abba Poemen once said, “The victory over all the afflictions that befall you is to keep silence.” He also said, “If you keep silent, you will have peace wherever you…

Greetings Glen Mar, While Lent is just beginning, we now enter our second week of the Lectio365 Lenten series, The Desert Mothers and Fathers. This week, we turn to “the Desert as a Place of Spiritual Testing” and how the desert can intensify our hunger for holiness. Consider this saying from the desert monastics: A brother who was obsessed by…

Happy Friday, Glen Mar! Lent is right around the corner. While the penitential season officially begins next Wednesday on Ash Wednesday, February 18th, we will be starting our Lenten sermon series, The Desert Mothers and Fathers, this coming Sunday. Throughout the series, we will be drawing on resources from Lectio365. You can find more information about the series here. I…