By Derek Olsen In the fourth chapter of his Rule, the chapter describing the spiritual tools for good works, St. Benedict calls his monks to “keep death daily before your…
by Derek Olsen One of my favorite tales of pilgrimage is the Voyage of St. Brendan the Navigator. A tenth-century story about the life and travels of an Irish monk from…
It felt weird—to just sit there while being stared at… When everything around my house is going According To Plan, I rise early before my wife and two daughters are…
