Ship of Fools: Obsculta - the Benedictine thread redux

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Posted by Qoheleth. (# 9265) on :

Fraternal (& sororal [Confused]

) greetings to all fellow sons and daughters of our Holy Father Benedict on his feast day.

Here, we will celebrate with an 11am mass, standing room only, followed by a hefty buffet lunch with a hemina or two.

Anyone else celebrating OHF today?

Q. OblSB

Posted by Hezekiah (# 17157) on :

Happy feast day!

I am celebrating, though not with the house I will be joining as most of them are away for the EBC General Chapter.

Posted by Adeodatus (# 4992) on :

Happy feast!

I'm not an oblate, but very definitely a Benedictine sympathiser, and I'll be presiding at a eucharist for the feast this afternoon.

(One reason I've never become an oblate is because Anglican Benedictines in England seem to prefer the sunnier south to the grey north: I think my nearest community is about 120 miles away, though that's a fair bit nearer than they used to be. Come on, guys - put your best winter habits on and at least come north of Birmingham!)

Posted by Qoheleth. (# 9265) on :

Redux redux

Posted by Qoheleth. (# 9265) on :

Many of Benedict's sons and daughters re-start their daily reading of the Rule on 1st September. The Benedictine-curious may like to join Digitalnun and her community as they read aloud here.

Posted by Thyme (# 12360) on :

That's interesting, thank you. Maybe it's the prompt I need to get a bit more disciplined about my Benedictine inclinations.

I have listened to today's reading. So I am up to date, not trying to play catch up which always defeats me.

Posted by Robert Armin (# 182) on :

Thank you for that link Qoheleth. Part of my own pattern of life is to read the set portion of the Rule every day; hearing it read out loud is a welcome bonus.

Posted by Qoheleth. (# 9265) on :

I can't say more about Alton abbot retires amidst uncertainty but please pray for the Community and wider Fraternity as we meet tomorrow afternoon.

Thanks
Q.

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :

Qoheleth, can you tell us any more about the uncertainty and the outcome - the website is either lacking such news or, more likely, it is there right under my nose and I can't see it!

When I stayed there nearly 40 years ago I'm sure it was the Order of St Paul.

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