Podcasts about trappists

Mary Hrich (pronounced "Rich") joins us.  She is the Director of the Office for Worship for the Diocese of Cleveland.0;20 Fr. Damian is on Spring Break0:35:  How did Mary get her job? 1:35:  Mary took a straw poll of friends.2:00:   What does the GIRM say?    2:28:  Can you subtract words?2:50:  An Ash Wednesday example on the Kyrie.3:20:  On the Roman Missal.4:10:  Homilies are good examples here too.4:30:  This goes for Deacons too.4:50:  On "progressive solemnity."5:30:  What about the Universal prayer?6:00:  Weddings and funerals are also good examples.  Especially on the sign of peace.6:40:  Liturgy is about Christ's work.7:00   Everyone has a part to play in liturgy. 7:45:  What if we re-visioned what Sunday Mass is?9:00:  Attention must be paid.9:45:  Practice setting aside your distractions.10:15:  My Daily Prayers is a good place to develop this.10:45:  Mike's experience with the Trappists.11:40:  We are driven people sometimes, but for what?12:50:  Lay Eucharistic Ministers should also be mindful of the words at Liturgy,13:35:  Bad habits spread like wildfire.14:00:  The Roman Missal calls for silence as well.14:35:  Mike's friend Fr Roderick has a good example here.15:20:  Church Seach: St Mary Magdelene in Willowick.17:45:  Readings for the 4th Sunday of Lent.

KB Wagers has three books in the NeoG series: A Pale Light in the Black, Hold Fast Through the Fire, and The Ghosts of Trappist. They also have a wonderful series the Iridian War which begins with Behind the Throne! You can find their books online or through your local book store!

In this latest pile of TRAP, the Trap Pack discussThree glowing reviews of the podcast, read by Andy in his inimitable styleTopical issues, including a DB Transfer Value tracker site; eye-watering Quilter charges; Alan having a live Bulletproof Entrepreneur podcast eventMeat and Potatoes: Newbie Deep Dive with guest host Emmelia PowellQuestions posted by our beloved Trappists - this episode, there are none! Too little time. Next episode, things will resume. Probably. If we haven't killed each other.Culture CornerLinks referred to in the show:Storyteller's live "Bulletproof Entrepreneur" 26th June event thingy: https://homegrownclub.co.uk/events/rockstar-series-founder-of-leon-henry-dimbleby-in-conversation-with-alan-smith/Ask: How to Relate to Anyone: by Dan Solin: https://amzn.eu/d/9mzF9dPThe XPS Transfer Value Tracker, courtesy of Matthew Sinclar and John Cunliffe: https://www.xpsgroup.com/what-we-do/technology-and-trackers/xps-transfer-watch/xps-transfer-value-tracker/Gurwinder Bhogal Examines Human Nature - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/gurwinder-bhogal-examines-human-nature/id1190896090?i=1000614819713Prof G and Ryan Holliday https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lessons-meditations-from-the-stoics-with-ryan-holiday/id1498802610?i=1000615259928Take part in the conversation! We want YOU to suggest topics and questions you'd like the Trap Pack to answer. The best way to do this is to ask them here. Help us to help you! The more followers we have, the more we can do stuff going forward. So please: Subscribe and Like our YouTube Channel Leave a 6/5 star review on iTunes Share TRAP with your peers and colleagues 'Enjoy' the Twitter chat at @AdviserPodcast.

In this latest pile of TRAP, the Trap Pack discussThree glowing reviews of the podcast, read by Andy in his inimitable styleTopical issues, including a review of the Adviser 3.0 conference and The Stig's car crash of financial mistakesMeat and Potatoes: How To Run The Initial Strategy/Blueprint MeetingQuestions posted by our beloved Trappists @burtong1 and @TobiasEvans1Culture CornerLinks referred to in the show:Rational Reminder EP252 at 1h14m in. Burton Malkiel on why it'll be a long time (if never) before indexing takes over: https://pca.st/1nf20r18#t=1h14m33sTimeline Charts 2023: https://go.timelineapp.co/charts23The Context with Sinead O'Sullivan https://thecurrency.news/articles/117393/the-context-with-sinead-osullivan-part-one-disrupting-time-by-aaron-stark/Metis ireland Recruitment Careers - Metis Ireland | Your Plan, For LifePhilip Donnelly www.twitter.com/@PhilDouglasDon. Doing the 100 Mile Ride London cycle thing on 28th May. Raising money for GOSH: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/philip-donn?utm_source=copyLink&utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=philip-donn&utm_campaign=pfp-share&utm_term=cc51be8c81054d9fb9f3b4ff4276ce87CHC Directors jailed https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0512/1383276-custom-house-capital/Andy's new mic - Rode - https://amzn.to/425IJIT Take part in the conversation! We want YOU to suggest topics and questions you'd like the Trap Pack to answer. The best way to do this is to ask them here. Help us to help you! The more followers we have, the more we can do stuff going forward. So please: Subscribe and Like our YouTube Channel Leave a 6/5 star review on iTunes Share TRAP with your peers and colleagues 'Enjoy' the Twitter chat at @AdviserPodcast.

In this latest pile of TRAP, the Trap Pack discussThree glowing reviews of the podcast, read by Andy in his inimitable styleTopical issues, including Ireland scraping home against a severely depleted England; massive pension changes in the UK; an MBO with Métis Ireland.Meat and Potatoes: Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS). Why do so many overcomplicate?Questions posted by our beloved Trappists @matt_aitchison, Colin BatesCulture CornerLinks referred to in the show:NL: Inside Vanguard: Leadership Secrets From the Company That Continues to Rewrite the Rules of the Investing BusinessAS: BBC iPlayer - Billion Dollar Downfall: The DealmakerAS: Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape Kindle EditionCW: 6 – The Kerry Babies Murder & familial false confessions Mens Rea: A true crime podcastNick's Loom video re simple, repeatable, scalable workflows: https://www.loom.com/share/8b2724bccaf3410d830194b6ddeb641fRoger Edwards Tweet on how hard it is to keep things simple: https://twitter.com/Roger_Edwards/status/1638224572058050584AH Modern Wisdom https://modernwisdom.libsyn.com/385-gurwinder-bhogal NL: Yodelar, a brilliant one-stop website for dissecting expensive Wealth Managers. Here's a demolition job on Fisher Investments: https://www.yodelar.com/insights/fisher-investments-review?fbclid=IwAR1yiwT1wJmYlMurCQCMmQ27MAW6thDhvOf-Kf--zzqesWdGN-6CtT6BZHEAEGON reduces cash interest rates on its platform, as savings rates rise! https://citywire.com/new-model-adviser/news/aegon-slashes-platform-interest-on-cash-amid-boe-rate-hikes/a2411936Our first twitter thread https://twitter.com/simonjgladding/status/1639235645280493569?s=46&t=sRHfdIQon2TfFJRFg7K23wMetis Ireland complete MBO https://metisireland.ie/metis-ireland-now-wholly-owned-by-its-staff-and-board/======Take part in the conversation! We want YOU to suggest topics and questions you'd like the Trap Pack to answer. The best way to do this is to ask them here. Help us to help you! The more followers we have, the more we can do stuff going forward. So please: Subscribe and Like our YouTube Channel Leave a 6/5 star review on iTunes Share TRAP with your peers and colleagues 'Enjoy' the Twitter chat at @AdviserPodcast.

Tim and Eleri go full monk-mode with Trappist beers.

This is a reading of a selection of pointers and teachings by Father Keating on the healing and transformative power of centering prayer. They are taken from numerous texts written by him. Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O. (March 7, 1923 – October 25, 2018) was an American Catholic monk and priest of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (also known as Trappists). Keating was known as one of the principal developers of Centering Prayer, a contemporary method of contemplative prayer that emerged from St. Joseph's Abbey, Spencer, Massachusetts. Fr. Keating was an internationally renowned theologian and an accomplished author. He traveled the world to speak with laypeople and communities about contemplative Christian practices and the psychology of the spiritual journey. He helped found the Snowmass Interreligious Conference, which had its first meeting in the fall of 1983 and continued meeting annually.

In this latest pile of TRAP, the Trap Pack discussThree glowing reviews of the podcast, read by Andy in his inimitable styleTopical issues, including positive feedback on the previous episode 13; the ridiculousness of fund risk ratingsMeat and Potatoes: Why ambiguity is such an inherent part of real financial planning. And the Trap Pack's top tips for newbies to this mighty profession.Questions posted by our beloved Trappists @joshgerstler @dirkgroeneveld @ComradesNicCulture CornerLinks referred to in the show:Redefining the Retirement Income Goal by David Blanchett: https://blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2023/02/09/redefining-the-retirement-income-goal/Stuart Kirk on the FT Money show: https://pca.st/episode/56643c2a-8d30-4797-8d13-80b4f5fc601d Charlie Munger Daily Journal 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VVPO3KWj3A&t=7894s Abe's conference: Adviser 3.0Carl's book: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Vivid-Vision-A-Remarkable-Tool-for-Aligning-Your-Business-Around-a-Shared-Vision-of-the-Future-Audiobook/B07RYN3D5R?eac_link=czAmma8BEMx3&ref=web_search_eac_asin_1&eac_selected_type=asin&eac_selected=B07RYN3D5R&qid=dMh1tmNve9&eac_id=260-7128613-5251256_dMh1tmNve9&sr=1-1Morgan Housel podcast with Prof G: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-psychology-of-money-with-morgan-housel/id1498802610?i=1000601235289https://twitter.com/alanjlsmith/status/1525117666788143104?s=46&t=HybIyJF1scu8BFCL0L4hIgIFA Forum: http://www.tiny.cc/ifaforumTake part in the conversation! We want YOU to suggest topics and questions you'd like the Trap Pack to answer. The best way to do this is to ask them here. Help us to help you! The more followers we have, the more we can do stuff going forward. So please: Subscribe and Like our YouTube Channel Leave a 6/5 star review on iTunes Share TRAP with your peers and colleagues 'Enjoy' the Twitter chat at @AdviserPodcast.

****SLIGHT TECHNICAL ISSUES AT 50m AND 65m - STICK WITH IT!****In this latest pile of TRAP, the Trap Pack discussTopical issues, including a Trappist Six Nations rugby shindig on 4th Feb - all Trappists welcome! Come meet the Trap Pack and inhale some of their greatnessThree glowing reviews of the podcast,  read by Andy in his inimitable style Meat and Potatoes: The Client Acquisition Process in great depth. Also: Client Surveys - good and bad experiencesQuestions posted by our beloved Trappists @rfm1, @TheFinancialP70, Graham RCulture CornerLinks referred to in the show:NFC business cards: https://v1ce.co/Home Grown business networking club/hotel: https://homegrownclub.co.uk/Venue for the 4th Feb Six Nations shindig: https://www.theroyaloakmarylebone.co.uk/Nick on Abraham Okansanya's Retirementals podcast: https://www.retirementals.co.uk/episodes/episode-47-bond-brawl-abraham-vs-nick-lincolnSimon Sinek podcast: https://simonsinek.com/podcast/In Good Company podcast: https://shows.acast.com/in-good-company-with-nicolai-tangen/episodes/michael-oleary-ceo-of-ryanairFounders podcast: https://founders.simplecast.com/Take part in the conversation! We want YOU to suggest topics and questions you'd like the Trap Pack to answer. The best way to do this is to ask them here. Help us to help you! The more followers we have, the more we can do stuff going forward. So please: Subscribe and Like our YouTube Channel Leave a 6/5 star review on iTunes Share TRAP with your peers and colleagues 'Enjoy' the Twitter chat at @AdviserPodcast.

Podcast: TRAP: The Real Adviser Podcast (LS 43 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: 11 - How To Win Clients and Influence People PART ONEPub date: 2023-01-20In this latest pile of TRAP, the Trap Pack discussTopical issues, including a Trappist Six Nations rugby shindig on 4th Feb - all Trappists welcome! Come meet the Trap Pack and inhale some of their greatnessA glowing review of the podcast, incredibly mangled by AndyMeat and Potatoes: The Client Acquisition Process in great depthQuestions posted by our beloved Trappists Dar, @JcolcloughFP, @MAPSinclairCulture CornerLinks referred to in the show:“Midnight In Sicily” by Peter Robb: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Midnight-Sicily-Vintage-Classics-Peter/dp/009959580X/ref=asc_df_009959580X/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310891088870&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16607971176645754484&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046037&hvtargid=pla-469120406857&psc=1&th=1&psc=1Executive Fit Club: https://www.executivefitclub.com/Venue for the 4th Feb Six Nations shindig: https://www.theroyaloakmarylebone.co.uk/Equitable Life: https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2004/mar/08/businessqandas.equitablelifeDrive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drive-Daniel-H-Pink/dp/184767769XShaping Wealth programme https://www.shapingwealth.com/ocboBad Sisters: https://tv.apple.com/ie/show/bad-sisters/umc.cmc.14kr4vv65unannh7doqgvlh20Take part in the conversation! We want YOU to suggest topics and questions you'd like the Trap Pack to answer. The best way to do this is to ask them here. Help us to help you! The more followers we have, the more we can do stuff going forward. So please: Subscribe and Like our YouTube Channel Leave a 6/5 star review on iTunes Share TRAP with your peers and colleagues 'Enjoy' the Twitter chat at @AdviserPodcast. The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Alan Smith; Andy Hart; Carl Widger; Nick Lincoln, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

Podcast: TRAP: The Real Adviser Podcast (LS 44 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: 11 - How To Win Clients and Influence People PART ONEPub date: 2023-01-20In this latest pile of TRAP, the Trap Pack discussTopical issues, including a Trappist Six Nations rugby shindig on 4th Feb - all Trappists welcome! Come meet the Trap Pack and inhale some of their greatnessA glowing review of the podcast, incredibly mangled by AndyMeat and Potatoes: The Client Acquisition Process in great depthQuestions posted by our beloved Trappists Dar, @JcolcloughFP, @MAPSinclairCulture CornerLinks referred to in the show:“Midnight In Sicily” by Peter Robb: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Midnight-Sicily-Vintage-Classics-Peter/dp/009959580X/ref=asc_df_009959580X/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310891088870&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16607971176645754484&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046037&hvtargid=pla-469120406857&psc=1&th=1&psc=1Executive Fit Club: https://www.executivefitclub.com/Venue for the 4th Feb Six Nations shindig: https://www.theroyaloakmarylebone.co.uk/Equitable Life: https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2004/mar/08/businessqandas.equitablelifeDrive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drive-Daniel-H-Pink/dp/184767769XShaping Wealth programme https://www.shapingwealth.com/ocboBad Sisters: https://tv.apple.com/ie/show/bad-sisters/umc.cmc.14kr4vv65unannh7doqgvlh20Take part in the conversation! We want YOU to suggest topics and questions you'd like the Trap Pack to answer. The best way to do this is to ask them here. Help us to help you! The more followers we have, the more we can do stuff going forward. So please: Subscribe and Like our YouTube Channel Leave a 6/5 star review on iTunes Share TRAP with your peers and colleagues 'Enjoy' the Twitter chat at @AdviserPodcast. The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Alan Smith; Andy Hart; Carl Widger; Nick Lincoln, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

In this latest pile of TRAP, the Trap Pack discussTopical issues, including a Trappist Six Nations rugby shindig on 4th Feb - all Trappists welcome! Come meet the Trap Pack and inhale some of their greatnessA glowing review of the podcast, incredibly mangled by AndyMeat and Potatoes: The Client Acquisition Process in great depthQuestions posted by our beloved Trappists Dar, @JcolcloughFP, @MAPSinclairCulture CornerLinks referred to in the show:“Midnight In Sicily” by Peter Robb: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Midnight-Sicily-Vintage-Classics-Peter/dp/009959580X/ref=asc_df_009959580X/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310891088870&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16607971176645754484&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046037&hvtargid=pla-469120406857&psc=1&th=1&psc=1Executive Fit Club: https://www.executivefitclub.com/Venue for the 4th Feb Six Nations shindig: https://www.theroyaloakmarylebone.co.uk/Equitable Life: https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2004/mar/08/businessqandas.equitablelifeDrive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drive-Daniel-H-Pink/dp/184767769XShaping Wealth programme https://www.shapingwealth.com/ocboBad Sisters: https://tv.apple.com/ie/show/bad-sisters/umc.cmc.14kr4vv65unannh7doqgvlh20Take part in the conversation! We want YOU to suggest topics and questions you'd like the Trap Pack to answer. The best way to do this is to ask them here. Help us to help you! The more followers we have, the more we can do stuff going forward. So please: Subscribe and Like our YouTube Channel Leave a 6/5 star review on iTunes Share TRAP with your peers and colleagues 'Enjoy' the Twitter chat at @AdviserPodcast.

In this TRAP Christmas Special, the Trap Pack devote an entire show to answering questions from our beloved Trappists.On that note: the Pack would like to say a big “thank you” to all our dear Trappists who have made the show a success to date. We have plans to develop the show further and can only do it with the boost to our egos your feedback and support give us.We wish all of you a very Happy Christmas and hope you smash 2023! And please keep sharing TRAP with your peers and colleagues.Now, on with the show, in which the Trap Pack answers questions from our beloved Trappists @matt_aitchison @matt_tumbers @EssentiallyLtd @benjaminalves10 @mantaromoney @Mr_Munker @FaithLiversedge @AmGhai @JPotter5 @jambohughes1 @RobS_Kingmakers @PhilDouglasDon @joefroudfpfs @thefinancialP70 @darbiter @bluewaterfpTake part in the conversation! We want YOU to suggest topics and questions you'd like the Trap Pack to answer. The best way to do this is to ask them here. Help us to help you! The more followers we have, the more we can do stuff going forward. So please: Subscribe and Like our YouTube Channel Leave a 6/5 star review on iTunes Share TRAP with your peers and colleagues 'Enjoy' the Twitter chat at @AdviserPodcast.

In this latest pile of TRAP, the chaps discussWhich coaches and external influences have had the most impact on our development as financial planners/peopleBusiness planning for the next 12 months: who does this and why?The Trap Pack answers questions from our beloved Trappists @gp_mantini and Ben FCulture CornerLinks referred to in the show:Artificial Intelligence: ChatGPT: Optimizing Language Models for DialogueThe Godfather, Mario Puzo: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Godfather-Mario-Puzo-ebook/dp/B009GJ870QUK Tax App: Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.geekycoders.uktaxcalculators&hl=en_GB&gl=USApple: https://.apps.apple.com/gb/app/uk-tax-calculators-2022-2023/id460977743Take part in the conversation! We want YOU to suggest topics and questions you'd like the Trap Pack to answer. The best way to do this is to ask them here. Help us to help you! The more followers we have, the more we can do stuff going forward. So please: Subscribe and Like our YouTube Channel Leave a 6/5 star review on iTunes Share TRAP with your peers and colleagues 'Enjoy' the Twitter chat at @AdviserPodcast.

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   Podchaser Leave a Review   Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee    Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community   Historical Events St. Robert's Day Saint Robert of Molesme ("mo-LESS-mah") was an 11th-century herbalist, abbot, and founder of the Cistercian ("sis-TUR-shin") order - a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines. They are also known as Bernardines ("BUR-nah-deen"), after the highly influential Bernard of Clairvaux, or as White Monks - a reference to the color of the cowl worn over their habits as opposed to the black cowl worn by Benedictines. They are commonly called Trappists. Many common wildflowers are named in honor of St. Robert. Some believe that Herb Robert, or Bird's Eye, the little Wild Geranium, was named in honor of St. Robert.  Another theory is that Herb Robert is named for Robin Goodfellow, a pseudonym for the forest sprite known as Puck.   1852 On this day, Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss philosopher and poet, wrote in his journal:  I went out into the garden to see what progress the spring was making. I strolled from the irises to the lilacs, round the flowerbeds, and in the shrubberies. Delightful surprise! At the corner of the walk, half-hidden under a thick clump of shrubs, a small-leaved corchorus had flowered during the night... the little shrub glittered before me... Mother of marvels, mysterious and tender Nature, why do we not live more in thee?   1869 Birth of Agnes Chase, American botanist. Agnes was an agrostologist—a studier of grass. She was a petite, fearless, indefatigable person and entirely self-taught as a botanist. Her first position was as an illustrator at the USDA's Bureau of Plant Industry in Washington, D.C., working for the botanist Albert Spear Hitchcock. When Hitchcock applied for funding to go on expeditions, higher-ups approved the travel for Hitchcock, but not for Agnes - saying the job should belong to "real research men." Undeterred, Agnes raised her own funding to go on the expeditions. She cleverly partnered with missionaries in Latin America to arrange for accommodations with host families. She shrewdly observed, The missionaries travel everywhere, and like botanists do it on as little money as possible. They gave me information that saved me much time and trouble. During a climb of one of Brazil's highest mountains, Agnes reportedly returned to camp with a "skirt filled with plant specimens." One of her major works, the "First Book of Grasses," was translated into Spanish and Portuguese. It taught generations of Latin American botanists who recognized Agnes's contributions long before their American counterparts. When Hitchcock retired, Agnes was his backfill. When Agnes reached retirement age, she ignored the rite of passage altogether and refused to be put out to pasture. She kept going to work - six days a week - overseeing the largest collection of grasses in the world in her office under the red towers at her beloved Smithsonian Institution. When Agnes was 89, she became the eighth person to become an honorary fellow of the Smithsonian. A reporter covering the event said, Dr. Chase looked impatient as if she were muttering to herself, "This may be well and good, but it isn't getting any grass classified, sonny." While researching Agnes Chase, I came across this little article in The St. Louis Star and Times. Agnes gave one of her books on grass a biblical title, The Meek That Inherit the Earth. The story pointed out that, Mrs. Chase began her study of grass by reading about it in the Bible. In the very first chapter of Genesis, ...the first living thing the Creator made was grass. ... for grass is fundamental to life. [Agnes] said, "Grass is what holds the earth together. Grass made it possible for the human race to abandon... cave life and follow herds. Civilization was based on grass [and] this significance... still holds."   1954 Birth of Jerry Seinfeld, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for playing a semi-fictionalized version of himself in the sitcom Seinfeld, which he created and wrote with Larry David. He once joked, Why do people give each other flowers to celebrate various important occasions?  They're killing living creatures?  Why restrict it to plants?  "Sweetheart, let's make up. Have this deceased squirrel."   2017 On this day in 2017, The New York Times tweeted that, The Brooklyn Botanic Garden cherry blossom festival is set for today and tomorrow, regardless of when nature [decided] to push play.   Grow That Garden Library™ Book Recommendation The Language of Butterflies by Wendy Williams This book came out in 2020, and the subtitle is How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, and Other Obsessives Unlocked the Secrets of the World's Favorite Insect. If you're a fan of blue morpho butterflies, you're going to love the cover of Wendy's book because it is covered with a kaleidoscope of blue morpho butterflies. So it's impossibly beautiful. And Wendy's book is a five-star book on Amazon. Now Wendy is an author who loves spending time outdoors. She loves skiing. She loves horseback riding. (In fact, her first bestselling book was called The Horse. And Wendy has traveled the world. She's spent a lot of time in Africa, Europe, and North American mountain chains and prairies. But when it comes to just regular daily life, Wendy lives in Cape Cod in Massachusetts with her husband and her Border Collie, Taff. Now I love the way that Wendy writes because she's very conversational. And I also like how she organized this book into three main sections: the past, the present, and the future. And then, to show you how friendly her writing is, her chapters have very intriguing titles. In the section on the past, there's The Gateway Drug, The Number One Butterfly, and then How Butterflies Saved Charles Darwin's Bacon. (Great chapter.) And then, in the present, chapters include A Parasol of Monarchs, The Honeymoon Hotel, and On The Rain Dance Ranch. Great story there. And then, in the future section, Wendy's chapters include The Social Butterfly, The Paroxysms of Ecstasy, and The Butterfly Highway. And Wendy is right; butterflies are the world's most beloved insects. They've been called flying flowers, and gardeners are passionate about butterflies. And many gardeners today are working to help save the Monarch from extinction. Now The Washington Post said this about Wendy's book, Williams takes us on a humorous and beautifully crafted journey that explores both the nature of these curious and highly intelligent insects. And the eccentric individuals who coveted them. And, of course, most of those folks were scientists and or botanists. So I love this book, and I love all of those stories. This book is 256 pages Of butterflies. It's eye-opening and tender. It's an incredibly profound look at butterflies - it's a butterfly biography. And it examines the vital role that butterflies play in our world. You can get a copy of The Language of Butterflies by Wendy Williams and support the show using the Amazon link in today's show notes for around $2.   Botanic Spark Here's an excerpt from Karel Ćapek's chapter on The Gardener's April from his book The Gardener's Year (1984). Gardeners have certainly arisen by culture and not by natural selection. If they had developed naturally, they would look differently. They would have legs like beetles, so that they need not sit on their heels. And they would have wings - in the first place for their beauty and secondly, so that they might float over the beds. Those who have no experience can not imagine how one's legs are in the way when there's nothing to stand on. How stupidly long they are... Or how impossibly short they are if one has to reach to the other side of the bed without treading on a clump of pyrethrum (that's chrysanthemum) or on the shoots of Columbine. If only one could hang in a belt and swim over the beds. Or have at least four hands with only a head and a cap and nothing else. But because the gardener is outwardly constructed as imperfectly as other people, all he can do is to show us of what he is capable. To balance on tiptoe on one foot, to float in the air like a Russian dancer, to straddle four yards wide, to step as lightly as a butterfly or a wagtail, to reach everywhere and avoid everything, and still try to keep some sort of respectability so that people will not laugh at him.  Of course, at a passing glance, from a distance, you don't see anything of the gardener but his romp. Everything else like the head, arms, and legs is hidden underneath.   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener And remember: For a happy, healthy life, garden every day.

"Be solicitous only to pour out tears abundantly, and leave to God the care of drying them up." On the Sanctity and Duties of the Monastic State by the Abbé Armand-Jean de Rancé was originally published in Paris in 1683. Although Abbé de Rancé, the founder of the Trappists, originally wrote for his monks, many laity of 17th c. France enthusiastically adopted much of his spirituality, and to wonderful effect. With asceticism re-appearing now as a corrective to our self-indulgence and softness, his incisive book is a badly needed, bracing corrective for the Christians of our time. -- from the description of Back to Asceticism: the Trappist Option, trans. Lee Gilbert. Links Back to Asceticism: The Trappist Option -- https://www.amazon.com/Back-Asceticism-Translation-Introduction-MONASTIQUE/dp/057855366X Go to http://www.catholicculture.org/getaudio to register for FREE access to the full archive of audiobooks beyond the most recent 15 episodes. Donate at: http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio Theme music: 2 Part Invention, composed by Mark Christopher Brandt, performed by Thomas Mirus. ©️2019 Heart of the Lion Publishing Co./BMI. All rights reserved.

In this episode, my guests are Judith Valente and Br. Paul Quenon the authors of the new book How to Be: A Monk and a Journalist Reflect on Living & Dying, Purpose & Prayer, Forgiveness & Friendship. In the conversation, we discuss: Discerning your pathBecoming a personThe purpose of lifeHow meditation helps us Be in the worldThe role of friendshipWisdom in daily life and much moreJudith Valente is an award-winning author, journalist, poet, and essayist. She is a former staff writer for The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. And today she is a sought-after speaker and retreat leader on living a more contemplative life, discovering inner wisdom through poetry, and finding meaning in your work.Brother Paul Quenon, OCSO, entered the Trappists in 1958 at the renowned Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky at the age of 17. Thomas Merton was his novice master and spiritual director. Quenon is the author of 9 collections of poetry and his memoir is titled, In Praise of the Useless Life. Follow In Search of Wisdom:Subscribe to our YouTube ChannelTwitter: twitter.com/searchofwisdomInstagram: instagram.com/searchofwisdompodcastSign-up for The PATH our free newsletter (short reflections on wisdom). 

Many American breweries make sixty beers a year. Rochefort hasn't offered a single new release in sixty years. Because monks don't do anything without considering the long view, the abbey also built a new brewery to handle the increased production.

Today we are talking about the religious, brothers and sisters who have devoted their life to the service of God, and how our relationships with them - understanding their unique, intimate relationship with Christ - can help us lay people better invite Christ into our own lives. First, Darnell shares a story about Sr. Maura, a Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist, who's super power lies in a wink. He tells us how she fundamentally changed his relationship with God. Then August Turak, author of "Business Secrets of the Trappists Monks," tells us about his own experience as a frequent monastic guest at Mepkin Abbey. He explains how the lessons he learned through their simple lifestyle have helped him become a successful entrepreneur and leader. Learn more about August Turak: https://augustturak.com/ Learn more about Mepkin Abbey: https://mepkinabbey.org/ For more great storytelling and videos about living our faith authentically in the world follow MAX Studios: Website: https://ustmaxstudios.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maxstudiosust/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtvFfPjMVugxN0ZHSpjrJWw TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@maxstudiosust1?

How to Be: A Monk and a Journalist Reflect on Living & Dying, Purpose & Prayer, Forgiveness & Friendship by Judith Valente, an award-winning author, journalist and poet, and Brother Paul Quenon, a Trappist monk of the famous Abbey of Gethsemani and an acclaimed poet and memoirist. How to Be is a dialogue in letters between two spiritual seekers — one following a monastic life framed by ancient prayer rhythms and the other a married, professional woman seeking a deeper sense of mindfulness in her busy life. In their letters, they ask universal questions about faith, work, prayer, balance, and meaning – questions that have become particularly relevant in the wake of our pandemic experience. How to Be provides ways to successfully navigate those questions through a spiritual lens. Brother Paul and Valente are popular speakers, retreat and workshop leaders, podcast guests, and media sources in print, radio, and video. Both are available to discuss their book. Interviews at the Abbey outside of Louisville, KY, offer stunning visuals. These are some interesting angles to pursue: § How to Be is a book for seekers, whether starting out or spiritually devout. The authors offer thoughtful, practical ideas for handling conflict, leaving jobs, coping with the unexpected, and dealing with loss, as well as spiritual guidance on prayer, meditation, and living a more contemplative life. § How to Be seeks to preserve the wisdom Brother Paul has gained from 60-plus years in the contemplative life. Monks like Brother Paul are becoming rare. He is also one of the few people alive who personally knew the great spirituality writer Thomas Merton, who was his novice director. § It is unusual for monks in a cloistered order, such as the Trappists, to become close friends with outsiders, especially women. The friendship between Brother Paul and Judith Valente spans more than a decade and has been nurtured through visits and their years of writing letters to one another in which they share their practical and spiritual insights. Judith Valente is a former staff writer for the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in journalism. She is a former correspondent for PBS's Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly and senior correspondent for investigative reporting and long features at the NPR affiliate in central Illinois. She was also a special correspondent covering faith and values and arts and culture for Chicago Public Radio. Valente contributes articles to US Catholic magazine and National Catholic Reporter. She lives in Normal, Illinois. Learn more at www.judithvalente.com. Brother Paul Quenon, OCSO, entered the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani in 1958 at the age of 17. Thomas Merton was his novice master and spiritual director. Quenon is the author of 9 collections of poetry. His memoir, In Praise of the Useless Life

How to Be: A Monk and a Journalist Reflect on Living & Dying, Purpose & Prayer, Forgiveness & Friendship by Judith Valente, an award-winning author, journalist and poet, and Brother Paul Quenon, a Trappist monk of the famous Abbey of Gethsemani and an acclaimed poet and memoirist. How to Be is a dialogue in letters between two spiritual seekers — one following a monastic life framed by ancient prayer rhythms and the other a married, professional woman seeking a deeper sense of mindfulness in her busy life. In their letters, they ask universal questions about faith, work, prayer, balance, and meaning – questions that have become particularly relevant in the wake of our pandemic experience. How to Be provides ways to successfully navigate those questions through a spiritual lens. Brother Paul and Valente are popular speakers, retreat and workshop leaders, podcast guests, and media sources in print, radio, and video. Both are available to discuss their book. Interviews at the Abbey outside of Louisville, KY, offer stunning visuals. These are some interesting angles to pursue: § How to Be is a book for seekers, whether starting out or spiritually devout. The authors offer thoughtful, practical ideas for handling conflict, leaving jobs, coping with the unexpected, and dealing with loss, as well as spiritual guidance on prayer, meditation, and living a more contemplative life. § How to Be seeks to preserve the wisdom Brother Paul has gained from 60-plus years in the contemplative life. Monks like Brother Paul are becoming rare. He is also one of the few people alive who personally knew the great spirituality writer Thomas Merton, who was his novice director. § It is unusual for monks in a cloistered order, such as the Trappists, to become close friends with outsiders, especially women. The friendship between Brother Paul and Judith Valente spans more than a decade and has been nurtured through visits and their years of writing letters to one another in which they share their practical and spiritual insights. Judith Valente is a former staff writer for the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in journalism. She is a former correspondent for PBS's Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly and senior correspondent for investigative reporting and long features at the NPR affiliate in central Illinois. She was also a special correspondent covering faith and values and arts and culture for Chicago Public Radio. Valente contributes articles to US Catholic magazine and National Catholic Reporter. She lives in Normal, Illinois. Learn more at www.judithvalente.com. Brother Paul Quenon, OCSO, entered the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani in 1958 at the age of 17. Thomas Merton was his novice master and spiritual director. Quenon is the author of 9 collections of poetry. His memoir, In Praise of the Useless Life

We've done it! Mission accomplished, everyone, send the Trappists home, the finish line is in sight. It's our last in our yearlong deep dive into Trappists. We've picked up a lot of new history and gotten to compare how each monastery looks at brewing differently, so what do we have to talk about today? Well, these Trappists have a more international feel, so we're getting a little further away from Germany and Belgium and seeing where these monks, Have a Drink.

"I will never have another vagabonding journey that compares to that first one -- even though I have since traveled to far more exotic parts of the world -- in part because there's something special about embarking on a long-term trip for the first time." --Rolf Potts In this encore episode of Deviate, Rolf and his old friend Jeff Nienaber talk about their 8-month van trip across North America back in 1994, how they prepared for it, and how it differed from current-day #VanLife excursions (5:30); how they exercised on the road, and how the conditions and travel-hacks of van journeys were different for two young men in 1994 (23:30); the route they took through North America, what happened along the way, and how they kept daily journals recounting events (36:00); the experience riding with cops in Houston, celebrating Mardi Gras in New Orleans, volunteering at a church in Mississippi, meeting girls in Florida, and seeing New York for the first time (51:00); the experience of staying at a Trappist monastery in Massachusetts for one week (1:14:30); visiting National Parks in the American South, Northeast, and West, and memorable books read along the way (1:28:00); and why the trip was life-changing (1:42:00). Van trip preparation and planning links: Digital nomadism (travel lifestyle) #VanLife (travel lifestyle) Composting toilet Blue Highways, by William Least Heat-Moon (1982 book) On the Road, by Jack Kerouac (1957 book) Travels With Charley, by John Steinbeck (1962 book) Vanagon (Volkswagen van) Volkswagen Westfalia (camper van) Trangia (alcohol-burning camp-stove) A (literal) photo album from my 1994 van vagabonding trip (blog post) Links regarding early months of the 1994 trip: 924 Gilman Street (Berkeley punk club) Northridge earthquake (1994 earthquake) "The Mystical High Church of Luck" (Salon essay about Las Vegas) Lollapalooza (music festival) O. J. Simpson murder case (1994 media incident) USCGC Northwind (Coast Guard icebreaker) Bourbon Street (historic street in New Orleans) The Geto Boys, by Rolf Potts (2016 book) Fifth Ward (Houston neighborhood) Cops (TV show) Canton (town in Mississippi) In His Steps (Mississippi Christian outreach ministry) Waffle House (southern restaurant chain) Savannah State (historically black university) Debbie Does Dallas (1978 pornographic film) Tompkins Square (New York park) Trappist monastery experience links: St. Joseph's Abbey (Massachusetts monastery) Trappists (order of Catholic monks) Thomas Merton (Trappist monk and writer) Memento Mori (existential expression) Chant (1994 Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos album) Compline (end-of-day church service) Links regarding the final months of the 1994 trip: Ocala National Forest (protected area in Florida) Shenandoah National Park (Virginia wilderness area) Mount Washington (tallest mountain the northeast U.S.) Arches National Park (Utah wilderness area) Fisher Towers (photogenic cliffs near Moab, Utah) Desert Solitaire, by Edward Abbey (1968 book) Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman (1855 poetry collection) The Razor's Edge, by W. Somerset Maugham (1944 book) Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert M Pirsig (1974 book) Uinta National Forest (protected area in Utah) Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming wilderness area) Glacier National Park (Montana wilderness area) Pike National Forest (protected area in Colorado) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don't host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.

This is your Beer, Liquor and other beverage news for the week of May 29, 2021… Sexism in beer? The devil you say? Trappists fight . . . for their rights . . . with Quarries!, You can save your local British pub for just 127 beers a year, Napoleon's wine sold, no way it's still good. all this and more on Have a Drink News.

Here we go again. The craft beer industry deals with a reckoning as hundreds of sexual harassment allegations pour in. Jeremy and Tyler discuss the issue at hand including how to lie about what industry one works in. PLUS!! One of the last Trappist breweries finds themselves in a legal battle for their water supply. And is Hard Seltzer Beer? Constellation hopes so for the 'legions' of Corona hard selzer fans. ... Both of them.

Here we go again. The craft beer industry deals with a reckoning as hundreds of sexual harassment allegations pour in. Jeremy and Tyler discuss the issue at hand including how to lie about what industry one works in. PLUS!! One of the last Trappist breweries finds themselves in a legal battle for their water supply. And is Hard Seltzer Beer? Constellation hopes so for the 'legions' of Corona hard selzer fans. ... Both of them.

It's the pinnacle of beers.. This is the word according to Nally... And to be fair, he's not too far wrong

Ah the Trappists, wait a minute. I’m pretty sure we already did this one. Well maybe we know more now. We sure as Hell couldn’t know less. So let’s revisit this topic, at least start to, because this is the first part of a multipart deep dive into the Trappist breweries. So grab a beer, maybe get a robe or something, and have a drink.

On Episode 20 of WCAT Radio’s “Vows, Vocations, and Promises: Discerning the Call of Love,” show-host Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis interviews this week’s guest, Fr. Isaac Slater, O.C.S.O. regarding his life as a Trappist Monk at the Abbey of the Genesee. Fr. Isaac Slater O.C.S.O, is a Roman Catholic Priest, and the Vocations Director for the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance at the Abbey of the Genesee in Piffard, New York. The Abbey of the Genesee was founded from the Abbey of Gethsemani, in Trappist, Kentucky in 1951, and is part of the larger Cistercian family of priests and nuns which traces its origins to the year 1098. Cistercians follow the Rule of St. Benedict, and thus are part of the larger Benedictine family of religious as well. The Constitution of the Order describes the unique contemplative charism to which their communal life is ordered: “The monks dedicate themselves to the worship of God in a hidden life within the monastery under the Rule of St. Benedict. They lead a monastic way of life, in solitude and silence, in assiduous prayer and joyful penitence. . . . (Constitution §2).” In this episode, Fr. Isaac discusses his own personal vocational call to the contemplative monastic life- a life of profound beauty, immense joy, and immeasurable love. Among the unique aspects of the vocation of a fully professed Trappist monk is the recognition of the call to love. In this interview, Fr. Isaac discusses the exceptional emphasis on the devotion to love that is intrinsic to the vocation of a Cistercian of the Strict Observance. In describing the role of a newly professed monk, the Abbey of the Genesee’s website states: “The primary responsibility of the newly professed monk is to love with all his heart. The vows presuppose this love and express it exteriorly by incorporating him into a state of life which has no other reason for existence than the love of Christ and all that implies.” In Episode 20, Fr. Isaac Slater describes the typical day of a Cistercian at the Abbey of the Genesee and details the process of formation and profession of vows. The rhythm of daily life is punctuated with prayer, contemplation, liturgy, community, and work. In addition to exercising the virtue of hospitality by running a retreat house, the Trappist Monks of the Abbey of the Genesee support themselves by baking and selling delicious Monks’ Bread, biscotti, cheese crisps, and nut-butters. A link to their on-line store can be found on the Abbey’s website: https://www.geneseeabbey.org.

* So we did! Ha! 8/14/20 Update: The Cancel Culture got to our petition. Change.org took down our Russia Pulitizer petition because "it violated our Community Guidelines."  Right. By telling the truth (Gal. 4:16). See this now on BEL's List of When We've Been Dissed! 8/18 Update: Here's a knockoff petition! 8/20 Update: Now they squashed even the knockoff petition. Sheesh! * First Time BEL Takes a Trump Suggestion and This Happens: Earlier this week on the Fox News Channel on Hannity president Trump said, "Frankly, [somebody] ought to start a petition to return the Pulitzer prize because they were all wrong." So we did. Until change.org unceremonisously quashed our petition it was at change.org/p/ny-times-and-washington-post-must-return-russia-pulitzer. Here's a red-lettered screenshot: In Text: KGOV Petition NY Times and Washington Post Must Return Russia Pulitzer The New York Times and Washington Post connected hundreds of dots that had no actual connections in what Pulitzer ironically called their "deeply sourced, relentlessly reported coverage... of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and its CONNECTIONS to the Trump campaign..." Trump/Russian collusion is known today to be false including through the investigations of the Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the Senate Intelligence Committee, the House Intelligence Committee, and the Inspector General of the Justice Department. Rather, the actual collusion to interfere in the election was committed when Hillary Clinton spent millions purchasing the anonymous Russian disinformation that filled the falsified Steele dossier used by the Obama/Biden administration's weaponized law enforcement and intelligence communities to spy on their political opponents and attempt to undermine the election and their later attempt at a treasonous coup against a duly elected American president. Donald Trump on Aug. 11, 2020 said on Hannity on the Fox News Channel, "about Russia... the New York Times... and the Washington Post... they got the Pulitzer Prize. The Pulitzer Prize is worthless as far as I'm concerned..." Pulitzer Board, rescind the prize. NY Times, stop the lies. And with the Washington Post, return the prize. * Also on today's program: We discussed Obama's Safe School's Czar, our lawsuit announced on yesterday's program Bob Sues the Government, our brief email reply to a leftist anti-Trumper who's been trolling Bob, and Bob's reply to leftist listener who wrote in that Christians should all believe the earth is flat because the Bible says it's flat. * Obama's Safe School's director and GLSEN founder Kevin Jennings who promotes pedophiles through his praise of pedophilia advocate  Harry Hay who worked with NAMBLA (the North American Man/Boy Love Association dedicated to repeal age of consent laws and end the "opression of men and boys in consensual relationships"), who thanks the 25-year-old man who raped him when he was 14, and who wished that experience on other boys, sometimes saying, "13, 14, 15-year old kids [who] would be welcoming this", and at other times, lowering that age, as he did speaking publicly in San Francisco in a forum titled, Man/Boy Love and Sexual Liberation, "I think that the 12-year-old, 13-year-old boy approaching puberty knows [what] he needs... and he wants very much to reach out and find someone who will give this to him." Pervert freak. And Jennings is just as bad for honoring Hay, and Obama is worse for absurdly giving Jennings a "safe schools" appointment. (Find this at kgov.com/pedophiles, kgov.com/homos, and kgov.com/superfluous.) * Christian Religious Orders that Taught a Flat Earth: Which of the following Christian authorities and organizations taught the flat Earth? - Of Catholic religious orders...   (Franciscans, Dominicans, Augustinians, Benedictines, Trappists, Carmelites, etc.) - Of Protestant denominations...   (Lutherans, Anglicans, Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Congregationalists, Church of Christ, Baptists, etc.)  - Of Eastern Christianity...   (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental, Ethiopian, Eastern Catholic, Assyrian) - Of the Popes of the Roman Catholic Church...   (which among all 266 of them) - Of the councils...   (Jerusalem, Rome, Ephesus, Carthage, Antioch, Nicea, etc.) - Of the creeds...   (Apostles, Nicene, Chalcedonian, Athanasian, etc.) - Of the confessions   (Augsburg, Confession of Faith, Heidelberg, 95 Theses, Canons of Dordt, Westminster, etc.) - Of the Reformation's universities...   (Universities of Geneva, Jena, Leiden, Dublin, Groningen, Strasbourg, Utrecht, etc.) - Of the Christian-founded universities of the Middle Ages...   (Oxford, Cambridge, Universities of Paris, Bologna, Rome, Toulouse, Pisa, Orleans, Prague, Salamanca, Florence, Monpellier, Naples, Dublin, Vienna, Heidelberg, Cologne, Barcelona, Basel, Glasgow, Tübingen, Aberdeen, Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Bonaventure, St. Andrews, etc.) - Of the church's leading historical theologians and authors...   (Justin Martyr d. 165, Athenagros, 190, Clement 216, Tertullian 220, Origen 254, Cyprian 258, Athanasius 373, Basil 379, Gregory 395, Ambrose 397, Chrysostom 407, Jerome 420, Augustine 430, Cyril 444, Boethius 525, Gregory the Great 604, Anselm 1109, Hildegard 1179, Magnus 1280, Francis 1286, Bonaventure 1274, Aquinas 1274, John Duns Scotus 1308, William of Ockham 1347, Wycliffe 1384, Zwingli 1531, Erasmus 1535, Luther 1546, Servetus 1553, Ignatius 1556, Melanchthon 1560, Menno 1561, Calvin 1564, Knox 1572, John Foxe 1587, Arminius 1609, John Milton 1674, Owen 1683, John Bunyan 1688, Whitefield 1770, Wesley 1791, etc.) Answer: NONE OF THEM. If the Bible actually taught a flat Earth, and especially prior to Copernican heliocentrism, one would expect the church to have taught the flat Earth. But the Bible doesn't, and the church never has. Against the truth, millions of atheists, etc., continue to allege that the church has historically taught a flat earth either because those materialists are uneducated or because they are willing to make false accusations. See the links at rsr.org/flat-earth#prof for University of California history professor Dr. Jeffrey Russell's writings Inventing the Flat Earth and The Myth of the Flat Earth. Today though, combining the negative effects of social media with the low-quality science education of our public schools, and we have a global phenomenon whereby, as per above, 10% of the population of France (a secular society) is unsure about a spherical Earth, and remember, according to LiveScience the president of the Flat Earth Society Daniel Shenton is a Darwinist. (Find this at rsr.org/flat-earth.) * Bob Sues the Government: Bob Enyart, as the pastor of Denver Bible Church, along with pastor Joey Rhoads, of Brighton Colorado's Community Baptist Church, through their attorneys Rebecca Messall and Brad Bergford, have filed suit against the federal and state governments. If we here at BEL present this lawsuit in the vernacular using our typical talk-radio street-talk style, please don't hold that against our attorneys who have dotted every i and crossed every t. We've sued Steve Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, Alex Azar, HHS Secretary, Chad Wolf, Homeland Security Secretary, and the vacant Office of the Governor, State of Colorado, and Jill Ryan, director of the Colorado Deparment of Health. DBC v. the Federal and Colorado Governments is case #1:20-cv-02362.  

Fr William Meninger is an American Trappist monk who is a spiritual teacher and a principal developer of Centering Prayer, a method of contemplative prayer. After studying at St. John's Seminary in Boston, Meninger was ordained a priest in 1958 for the Diocese of Yakima in the State of Washington, where he worked on an Indian reservation and with Mexican migrant workers for six years. In 1963 he entered the Trappists at St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts, where he served in the guesthouse for 15 years, as well as teaching scripture, liturgy and patristics to the younger member of the abbey. He served as subprior, prior and dean of the junior professed monks, not yet in final vows. Meninger came across a work by an English hermit of the 14th century, called the Cloud of Unknowing. It was written to help people living regular lives in the world develop and deepen their prayer lives. Meninger found that it taught contemplative prayer in a simple way available to anyone. He began to teach this method to the younger monks of the abbey and to the retreatants who had come to it for a period of spiritual reflection. In 1974 Meninger developed the workshop on Contemplative Meditation (later known as Centering Prayer) which he now teaches worldwide along with workshops on forgiveness, the Enneagram of Personality, sacred scriptures, and prayer. His method was further developed and promoted by two other monks of his abbey, Thomas Keating (his abbot at the time) and Basil Pennington.

Welcome to Episode 5 where Anna is trying to convince me to go back to Brussels. After visiting the city few years ago I wasn't charmed but Anna did her best! We talked about food, travels, beer soups, diamonds and chocolate!

Rules For Retrogrades Episode 17: Productivity and Enterprise are not cause for suspicion. Interview with August Turak   Tim interviews August Turak in this episode. Mr. Turak lives with and employs the methodologies of the Trappists. He shows why productivity and enterprise are good things rather than items of suspicion.   What Is The Crusade Channel? The CRUSADE Channel, The Last LIVE! Radio Station Standing begins our LIVE programming with our all original CRUSADE Channel News hosted by 28 year radio ace, Stacey Cohen. Coupled with Mike “The King Dude” Church entertaining you during your morning drive and Rick Barrett giving you the news of the day and the narrative that will follow during your lunch break!  We’ve interviewed over 200 guests, seen Brother Andre Marie notch his 200th broadcast of Reconquest; the The Mike Church Show over 900 episodes; launched an original LIVE! News Service; written and produced 4 Feature Length original dramas including The Last Confession of Sherlock Holmes and set sail on the coolest radio product ever, the 5 Minute Mysteries series! We are the ONLY outlet to cover the Impeachment of President Trump from gavel to gavel!  The Crusade Channel is an open forum for the great thinkers of our time, those who accept the REALITY that Truth is higher than opinion and are willing to speak it with clarity, courage and charity.  Now that you have discovered The Crusade, get 30 days for FREE of our premium service just head to: https://crusadechannel.com OR download our FREE app: https://apps.appmachine.com/theveritasradionetworkappIti- Did you know about August Turak? If you are interested in supporting small business, be sure to check out the official store of the Crusade Channel, the Founders Tradin Post! Not to mention our amazing collection of DVD’s, Cigars, T-Shirts, bumper stickers and other unique selection of items selected by Mike Church!       

August Turak is a successful entrepreneur, corporate executive, media contributor, and award winning author who attributes much of his success to living and working alongside the Trappist monks of Mepkin Abbey since 1996. Turak's first book, Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks: One CEO's Quest for Meaning and Authenticity, was published by Columbia Business School Publishing in 2013. The book chronicles Turak's 20-year odyssey as a frequent monastic guest at the Trappist monastery of Mepkin Abbey; the monks he came to know and love; the rugged lifestyle of prayer and work he share with them, and the amazing secret to 1000 years of Trappist business success: a secret that Turak calls service and selflessness.  In parallel, the book describes how Turak and his partners used these Trappist business techniques to build and eventually sell two highly successful software businesses using only $2000 in seed capital and an unwavering commitment to the Trappist business model. Finally, Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks demonstrates that the new economic model that Pope Francis seems to be seeking – in light of his frequent critiques of capitalism – already exists within the Judeao-Christian Tradition. Trappist monks have been successfully running businesses for 1000 years. The Trappist model doesn't reject capitalism. Instead it transcends the flaws and limitations of capitalism. The Trappists are not wildly successful in business despite their commitment to only the highest moral and ethical principles; they are successful because they are. What every good Trappist knows is that the more we forget our selfish motivations the more successful we become. By chronicling how he was able to build two highly successful companies in a secular marketplace using this model, Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks emphatically demonstrates that the Trappist model is not all “motherhood and fluff,” nor is it only suitable for cloistered monks.  For example, in 2017, Avera Health, a large, Catholic, Midwest hospital chain bought 1500 copies ofBusiness Secrets of the Trappist Monks. They worked exclusively with Turak's nonprofit SKSF to build a Resource Guide and Videos using the book and subsequently created a companywide, year-long program in organizational meaning and purpose and reported outstanding results. August Turak grew up in the cable TV business. He was a founding employee of both MTV: Music Television, and what is now the A&E Network in the 1980s. He is still in touch with Tom Freston, the former CEO of Viacom, and received a blurb for the back of his business book. Later, Turak moved to North Carolina and started the software companies that were eventually sold to BMC Software for 150 million dollars.  Though his head did well in business, Turak's religious heart was always spiritually searching for a higher meaning and purpose to life. In 1996 all these issues came to head when a freakish sky diving accident triggered a severe “Dark Night of the Soul.”  Looking for solace from deep depression, Turak turned to the monks of Mepkin Abbey: A Trappist monastery just outside Charleston, SC. He has been a frequent monastic guest ever since. Turak often spends weeks and even months at a time getting up at 3:00 AM to live, pray, and work alongside the monks. It was by living so closely with the monks that Turak was able to experience the monastic stories and lessons that he used to write Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks. In 2004, almost on a whim, August Turak entered the John Templeton Foundation's Power of Purposeessay contest. Although he had never written anything for publication before, his essay, Brother John, bested thousands of other entries and won the $100,000 grand prize. Brother John is the story of how a magical encounter with a Trappist monk finally taught Turak the purpose of life and the secret to happiness. Brother John was later reprinted in the anthologies The Best Christian Writing and The Best Catholic Writing. The Templeton Prize dramatically changed Turak's life. Brother John was published in two anthologies, The Best Christian Writing and The Best Catholic Writing, and this, in turn, launched him on a second career. Turak became a leadership contributor for Forbes.com, an on-air radio contributor for the BBC, and Columbia Business School published his book, Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks. But the common fourteen-year-old thread that runs through all this subsequent work is the spirit of service and selflessness: a monastic thread that leads right back to a spool called Brother John.  But, despite Turak's intense gratitude, over the years, Brother John gradually became a Zen koan for him: a frustrating stone in his shoe that led directly to this book… Brother John was written in 2004, and it is increasingly hard to find, yet we still receive a small, but steady, stream of correspondence from people who have stumbled upon the essay. Almost without exception, they write about howBrother John helped them through the death of a child, an episode of severe depression, or a particularly painful divorce.  Being periodically reminded of the healing power of Brother John has been a double-edged blessing. Turak is, of course, profoundly moved and humbled by these letters. They always take him back to 1996: the year when the events you are about to read about actually took place. It was not an innocent religious “retreat” that initially sent August Turak to Mepkin Abbey and Brother John. A freakish sky-diving accident had triggered a personal crisis, or “Dark Night of the Soul.” Turak arrived at Mepkin Abbey hip deep in a desperate battle against depression, panic, and incipient despair. As a result, it has been especially gratifying for Turak to discover that his essay seems to convey a bit of that same healing power that he received from Brother John and the monks of Mepkin: a healing power that saved his life. Yet there is also a downside to this blessing. Why? Because these letters always left Turak wondering how much more good Brother John could accomplish if it were more widely available. He seemed to be the proud owner of a marvelous candle snugly nestled under the proverbial bushel basket. All this came to a head when a business executive drove 400 miles to thank August for writing Brother John. For several years, Turak had been toying with the idea of turning Brother John into an illustrated book. A busy executive willing to drive 400 miles proved decisive: something bigger was insisting that Turak act on his idea. Through grace or luck, he found an amazing artist, collaborator, and friend in Glenn Harrington.   Glenn is an award-winning artist who has done illustrations and cover art for all the major publishers. He was also commissioned to paint many of the portraits that now grace the World Golf Hall of Fame. Glenn took immediately to the essay and to the project. On his own initiative, he travelled to Mepkin Abbey to meet Brother John and to immerse himself in the Trappist way of life. Glenn is a deeply religious man, and his art not only captures the spirit of Brother John but also conveys the serenity and mystical power that make Mepkin Abbey a spiritual nexus, a place where heaven and earth meet.    At the John Templeton Foundation's Power of Purpose awards ceremony in New York City, Turak was asked what he intended to do with the $100,000 grand prize. He replied that he intended to give it to charity. After donating to Mepkin Abbey and several other favorite charities, Turak used the remainder to fund the Self Knowledge Symposium Foundation (SKSF). The SKSF is a not-for-profit corporation we created. Our mission is to bring Brother John's transformative message of meaning and purpose to a Western culture increasingly bereft of meaning and purpose.  Over the intervening years, Turak continues to fund the SKSF, and any remuneration he receives from his writing, speaking engagements, consulting, or personal coaching, is donated back to the SKSF to underwrite our ongoing efforts. In our latest effort to make a difference, we are turning August Turak's Templeton Prize winning essay into an illustrated book: Brother John: A Monk, a Pilgrim, and the Purpose of Life. It will be released on October 21st. It is available now for pre-release orders on Amazon. The book will contain 22 original oil paintings of Mepkin Abbey by the award-winning artist, Glenn Harrington. The rights to Turak's essay, and therefore to this book, have been transferred to the SKSF. All royalties will be reinvested into future efforts like this one. At the most critical moment of Turak's life, Brother John offered to share his umbrella. Turak's life is now dedicated to sharing, to the best of his ability, this magical umbrella with you and all our fellow men.    

Ah Belgium, what comes to mind when you think of this country? Chocolate, waffles, WWI war tragedies? Okay, maybe the last one is just me, but what you should also be thinking of is Beer. They have all the Beer love of Germany with the snootiness of France, but from their Trappists monasteries to their Pilseners, they have a lot to offer. We’ll talk about a few of them today, and maybe, just maybe . . . have a drink.

In food and drink we often talk about the supply chain—the line we draw between the farm and the glass. The truth is, it’s far more complicated, and far more protracted than that.  The beer world is a web containing thousands of people who work to get beer in your hands, and only a few of them brew it, still they influence which beers are brewed, how they are packaged, how they get to the bar and how they are served. Even a small scale beer scene like Britain’s is full of people you have never heard of, but who influence what you drink on a daily basis. Few of them have had as much influence as Colin Gilhespy, managing director of speciality beer importer Cave Direct. [Disclosure: I worked at Cave Direct from 2013 to 2018.] He has been in the distribution business since the early 80s, when he and his dad were among the first to bring Belgian beers across the Channel. Not just any beers either, but niche, expensive beers Trappists, Lambics and Flemish reds. At the same time that some Californian homebrewers were just waking America up to adventurous beer, Gilhespy and his family were doing the same in the U.K. I’ll leave the stories to him, but over the last 40 years he has had a huge hand in the growth of the British craft beer industry as it grew from the ashes of 1970s consolidation to one of the world’s most diverse and exciting scenes. From growing the Belgian beer category to helping new British brewers on the way up, he has laid a path for huge change and over the last decade has seen phenomenal growth.  Cave Direct is now the U.K.’s only national direct-delivery beer wholesaler, and Colin’s services to the Belgian beer industry has even won him awards from the country’s brewing guilds. Even so, it’s difficult times to be an importer with Brexit on the horizon, huge competition from macro-breweries buying taps and pushing prices down, and several buyouts of breweries that Cave had built their business on. There’s still a long way to go. I joined him and sales director Neil Kitching at the Beer Merchants Tap, Cave Direct’s bar in East London where they have just taken delivery of their first batch of spontaneous wort for a blendery project, and where in June they will host their 40th birthday party with the breweries and friends that helped them come this far. This is Colin Gilhespy and Neil Kitching of Cave direct. Listen in.

Fr. Martin and Steve take a look at a branch of the Order of Cistercians known as Trappists – discussing their daily lives and how they maintain their abbeys and cloisters. Oh yeah, they make beer too.

Episode 48: Convictions (Season 3, Episode 2)Synopsis: In which a mad bomber terrorizes the station and a number of pilgrims begin to arrive. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517641/?ref_=ttep_ep2http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/046.html Mode Training is a philosophical/quasi-religious doctrine from David Gerrold's “War Against the Chtorr” series. It is intended to let individuals move beyond human psychologies. The founder of the movement writes under the pseudonym of “Solomon Short.” Make of that what you will. Brother Theo's monastery is New Melleray Abbey in Iowa. The monks there are Cistercians or Trappists, who make a darn fine jam. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Melleray_Abbey Gene Roddenberry was indeed an ardent humanist and disdainful of religion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Roddenberry#Religious_views Somehow we had a whole conversation about religion and spirituality in sci-fi without mentioning either incarnation of Battlestar Galactica. You should probably be listening to a better podcast. In the 13th century Pope Innocent IV sent a letter to Guyuk, Khan of the Mongols, telling him that the Mongol forces should stop attacking Christendom and maybe even convert to Christianity. Guyuk's response to the Pope: "You must say with a sincere heart ‘We will be your subjects; we will give you our strength.' You must in person come with your kings, all together, without exception, to render us service and pay us homage. Only then will we acknowledge your submission. And if you do not follow the order of God, and go against our orders, we will know you as our enemy."https://ballandalus.wordpress.com/2015/06/01/mongol-papal-encounter-letter-exchange-between-pope-innocent-iv-and-guyuk-khan-in-1245-1246/ Babylon 5 Season 3 intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9EbGd1AlMg Space: 1999 Season One theme. Mixing 2001's orchestral epicness with funk electric guitar that for some reason actually works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLhdY6_juDkSeason Two leans fully into the disco horns. Whether it “works” is best left as an exercise for the reader: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsmefY94E_0 

Greetings Citizens and Civilians, you’re tuned to episode 166 of Guard Frequency — the best damn space sim podcast ever! This episode was recorded on April 28th 2017 and released for streaming and download on Tuesday, May 2nd 2017 at GuardFrequency.com [Download this episode] In this week’s Squawk Box, Trappist-1 may be throwing its life forms all […]

Rebroadcast of the long running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour", a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.org St. Benedict Joseph Labre - Patron of Unmarried men (bachelors), rejects, mental illness, mentally ill people, insanity, beggars, hobos, the homeless. Called "the Beggar of Rome," a pilgrim recluse. He was born in Amettes, France, on March 25, 1748, the eldest of eighteen children. Studying under his uncle, a parish priest, at Erin, France, Benedict tried to join the Trappists, Carthusians, and Cistercians but was refused by these orders. In 1770, he made a pilgrimage to the major shrines of Europe, settling in Rome in 1774. There he lived near the Colosseum and earned fame for his sanctity. Benedict was devoted to the Blessed Sacrament and attended the Forty Hours devotion in the city. He died in Rome on April 16, and was beatified in 1860. He was canonized in 1883.

Mike Lambert has risen, and he's back for our first in a series of shows on the Trappist breweries. Chimay and Westmalle are our subjects this time around, and man do they hit like trains full of drunk. Chimay Premiere (Red)Chimay Cinq Cents (White)Chimay Grand Reserve (Blue)Westmalle DubbelWestmalle Tripel And be sure to check our Facebook page for details on our "Thank You" Gift Pack thing! Rankings: Mike1. Westmalle Tripel2. Chimay Cinq Cents (White)3. Chimay Premier (Red)4. Westmalle Dubbel5. Chimay Grand Reserve (Blue) Rubio1. Westmalle Tripel2. Chimay Premier (Red)3. Chimay Cinq Cents (White)4. Westmalle Dubbel5. Chimay Grand Reserve (Blue) Grant1. Chimay Cinq Cents (White)2. Chimay Premier (Red)3. Westmalle Tripel4. Westmalle Dubbel5. Chimay Grand Reserve (Blue) Anastacia1. Chimay Cinq Cents (White)2. Westmalle Dubbel3. Chimay Premier (Red)4. Westmalle Tripel5. Chimay Grand Reserve (Blue)   Subscribe! Point your podcatcher to our RSS feed: feed://feeds.feedburner.com/thebeerists Or, subscribe via iTunes (Give us a review and a rating!) Shownotes available here The Beerists are: John Rubio, Grant Davis, Anastacia Kelly, and Mike Lambert. twitter.com/thebeeristsfacebook.com/thebeeristsinfo@thebeerists.com

Today's host(s): Scot Landry and Fr. Mark O'Connell Links from today's show: Today's topics: Cardinal Dolan's address to the College of Cardinals Summary of today's show: Last week, the day before the consistory at which he was to be made a cardinal of the Catholic Church, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York was asked to address the College of Cardinals and Pope Benedict XVI on the topic of the New Evangelization. Scot Landry and Fr. Mark O'Connell walk the listeners step by step through the Cardinal's 7-step strategy for evangelization, which he peppered with many practical—and often witty—observations that itself demonstrates his call to be joyful, confident, and knowledgeable when witnessing to the beauty of a relationship with Jesus Christ in His Church. 1st segment: Scot and Fr. Mark discussed the week. Fr. Mark had an emergency last week that caused him to miss the show because he had to have a root canal. They discussed about three priests who have died recently. Fr. Mark said he went to the funeral today for Fr. Ed O'Flaherty, a Jesuit who worked for many years as director of the ecumenical office for the Archdiocese among other ministries. There were many priests and bishops at the funeral. Fr. Bill Burckhart also died this week. He was the founder of the permanent diaconate and also worked with Fr. Mark on the Clergy Funds. Fr. Jim Curtin also died, who Fr. Mark recalled him as someone who was always happy to see you. Today they will be discussing a talk given by Cardinal Timothy Dolan before the consistory in which Pope Benedict made new cardinals last week. It was highly unusual for the keynote address of the meeting to be given by one of the new cardinals. 2nd segment: Cardinal Dolan began his address: It is as old as the final mandate of Jesus, “Go, teach all nations!,” yet as fresh as God's Holy Word proclaimed at our own Mass this morning. I speak of the sacred duty of evangelization. It is “ever ancient, ever new.” The how of it, the when of it, the where of it, may change, but the charge remains constant, as does the message and inspiration, “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.” We gather in the caput mundi, evangelized by Peter and Paul themselves, in the city from where the successors of St. Peter “sent out” evangelizers to present the saving Person, message, and invitation that is at the heart of evangelization: throughout Europe, to the “new world” in the “era of discovery,” to Africa and Asia in recent centuries. We gather near the basilica where the evangelical fervor of the Church was expanded during the Second Vatican Council, and near the tomb of the Blessed Pontiff who made the New Evangelization a household word. We gather grateful for the fraternal company of a pastor who has made the challenge of the new evangelization almost a daily message. Yes, we gather as missionaries, as evangelizers. Fr. Mark said the Pope chose evangelization as the key topic for all the cardinals of the world. We are all called to remember that we are also evangelizers through our baptism. Scot said the cardinal then talks about the re-evangelization of Catholics as complementary to evangelization to non-Catholics. HE then continues after that: The acclaimed American missionary and TV evangelist, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, commented, “Our Lord's first word to His disciples was ‘come!' His last word was ‘go!' You can't ‘go' unless you've first ‘come' to Him.” A towering challenge to both the missio ad gentes and the New Evangalization today is what we call secularism. Listen to how our Pope describes it: Secularization, which presents itself in cultures by imposing a world and humanity without reference to Transcendence, is invading every aspect of daily life and developing a mentality in which God is effectively absent, wholly or partially, from human life and awareness. This secularization is not only an external threat to believers, but has been manifest for some time in the heart of the Church herself. It profoundly distorts the Christian faith from within, and consequently, the lifestyle and daily behavior of believers. They live in the world and are often marked, if not conditioned, by the cultural imagery that impresses contradictory and impelling models regarding the practical denial of God: there is no longer any need for God, to think of him or to return to him. Furthermore, the prevalent hedonistic and consumeristic mindset fosters in the faithful and in Pastors a tendency to superficiality and selfishness that is harmful to ecclesial life. (Benedict XVI, Address to Pontifical Council for Culture, 8.III.2008) Scot said to re-evangelize anybody we need to come to Jesus ourselves. Fr. Mark said Vatican II commissioned lay people especially to be evangelizers in the secular world. He said he spends most of his time with other Catholics. It's Catholics in the pews who meet non-Catholics in their daily life. But we can't keep our Catholic life separate from the rest of life. Scot said most people in our own country most people have heard of Jesus Christ, even if they don't believe in him or act on the belief in him. We need a re-evangelization, what the Church calls the New Evangelization. Cardinal Dolan said evangelization and re-evangelization are motivated by the same seven points he's about to describe. Actually, in graciously inviting me to speak on this topic, “The Announcement of the Gospel Today, between missio ad gentes and the new evangelization,” my new-brother-cardinal, His Eminence, the Secretary of State, asked me to put in into the context of secularism, hinting that my home archdiocese of New York might be the “capital of a secular culture.” As I trust my friend and new-brother-cardinal, Edwin O'Brien — who grew up in New York — will agree, New York — without denying its dramatic evidence of graphic secularism — is also a very religious city. There one finds, even among groups usually identified as materialistic — the media, entertainment, business, politics, artists, writers — an undeniable openness to the divine! The cardinals who serve Jesus and His Church universal on the Roman Curia may recall the address Pope Benedict gave them at Christmas two years ago when he celebrated this innate openness to the divine obvious even in those who boast of their secularism: We as believers, must have at heart even those people who consider themselves agnostics or atheists. When we speak of a new evangelization these people are perhaps taken aback. They do not want to see themselves as an object of mission or to give up their freedom of thought and will. Yet the question of God remains present even for them. As the first step of evangelization we must seek to keep this quest alive; we must be concerned that human beings do not set aside the question of God, but rather see it as an essential question for their lives. We must make sure that they are open to this question and to the yearning concealed within. I think that today too the Church should open a sort of “Court of the Gentiles” in which people might in some way latch on to God, without knowing him and before gaining access to his mystery, at whose service the inner life of the Church stands. This is my first point: we believe with the philosophers and poets of old, who never had the benefit of revelation, that even a person who brags about being secular and is dismissive of religion, has within an undeniable spark of interest in the beyond, and recognizes that humanity and creation is a dismal riddle without the concept of some kind of creator. A movie popular at home now is The Way, starring a popular actor, Martin Sheen. Perhaps you have seen it. He plays a grieving father whose estranged son dies while walking the Camino di Santiago di Compostella in Spain. The father decides, in his grief, to complete the pilgrimage in place of his dead son. He is an icon of a secular man: self-satisfied, dismissive of God and religion, calling himself a “former Catholic,” cynical about faith … but yet unable to deny within him an irrepressible interest in the transcendent, a thirst for something — no, Someone — more, which grows on the way. Yes, to borrow the report of the apostles to Jesus from last Sunday's gospel, “All the people are looking for you!” Fr. Mark said it's easier to ignore someone who's hostile to religion, but we have to want to reach out to them. Even the most hardened heart has a spark within them. This is what makes them curious, what makes them want to talk about it, even if they are completely opposed to the Church. We can use that spark to reach out to them. Scot said he knows people who are far from faith who were touched by the movie “The Way” that the cardinal gives a very strong endorsement to. Fr. Mark notes how the media is intrigued by and really likes Cardinal Dolan as the face of the Church in the US. … and, my second point, this fact gives us immense confidence and courage in the sacred task of mission and New Evangelization. “Be not afraid,” we're told, is the most repeated exhortation in the Bible. After the Council, the good news was that triumphalism in the Church was dead. The bad news was that, so was confidence! We are convinced, confident, and courageous in the New Evangelization because of the power of the Person sending us on mission — who happens to be the second Person of the Most Blessed Trinity – because of the truth of the message, and the deep down openness in even the most secularized of people to the divine. Confident, yes! Triumphant, never! What keeps us from the swagger and arrogance of triumphalism is a recognition of what Pope Paul VI taught in Evangelii Nuntiandi: the Church herself needs evangelization! This gives us humility as we confess that Nemo dat quod not habet, that the Church has a deep need for the interior conversion that is at the marrow of the call to evangelization. Scot said Cardinal Dolan gets his reservoir of confidence from the fact that he knows he's proclaiming truth, Jesus Christ. Fr. Mark said that in order to evangelize you have to be confident in the faith and in the message. A third necessary ingredient in the recipe of effective mission is that God does not satisfy the thirst of the human heart with a proposition, but with a Person, whose name is Jesus. The invitation implicit in the Missio ad gentes and the New Evangelization is not to a doctrine but to know, love, and serve — not a something, but a Someone. When you began your ministry as successor of St. Peter, Holy Father, you invited us to friendship with Jesus, which is the way you defined sanctity. There it is … love of a Person, a relationship at the root of out faith. As St. Augustine writes, “Ex una sane doctrina impressam fidem credentium cordibus singulorum qui hoc idem credunt verissime dicimus, sed aliud sunt ea quae creduntur, aliud fides qua creduntur” (De Trinitate, XIII, 2.5) Fr. Mark said some people come to religion looking for warm fuzzy feelings, but it only lasts so long. In the Catholic faith, we encounter God who became Man, who died on the cross, who chased coin changers, who was kind to Mary Magadalene and was a real human being, not a theory. 3rd segment: The cardinal's fourth point is that because Jesus is the truth, then catechesis is critically linked to evangelization. Yes, and here's my fourth point, but this Person, Jesus, tells us He is the truth. So, our mission has a substance, a content, and this twentieth anniversary of the Catechism, the approaching fiftieth anniversary of the Council, and the upcoming Year of Faith charge us to combat catechetical illiteracy. True enough, the New Evangalization is urgent because secularism has often choked the seed of faith; but that choking was sadly made easy because so many believers really had no adequate knowledge or grasp of the wisdom, beauty, and coherence of the Truth. Cardinal George Pell has observed that “it's not so much that our people have lost their faith, but that they barely had it to begin with; and, if they did, it was so vapid that it was easily taken away.” So did Cardinal Avery Dulles call for neo-apologetics, rooted not in dull polemics but in the Truth that has a name, Jesus. So did Blessed John Newman, upon reception of his own biglietto nominating him a cardinal warn again of what he constantly called a dangerous liberalism in religion: “… the belief that there is no objective truth in religion, that one creed is as good as another … Revealed religion is not a truth, but a sentiment, a taste … ” And, just as Jesus tells us “I am the Truth,” He also describes Himself as “the Way, and the Life.” The Way of Jesus is in and through His Church, a holy mother who imparts to us His Life. “For what would I ever know of Him without her?” asks De Lubac, referring to the intimate identification of Jesus and His Church. Thus, our mission, the New Evangelization, has essential catechetical and ecclesial dimensions. This impels us to think about Church in a fresh way: to think of the Church as a mission. As John Paul II taught in Redemptoris Missio, the Church does not “have a mission,” as if “mission” were one of many things the Church does. No, the Church is a mission, and each of us who names Jesus as Lord and Savior should measure ourselves by our mission-effectiveness. Over the fifty years since the convocation of the Council, we have seen the Church pass through the last stages of the Counter-Reformation and rediscover itself as a missionary enterprise. In some venues, this has meant a new discovery of the Gospel. In once-catechized lands, it has meant a re-evangelization that sets out from the shallow waters of institutional maintenance, and as John Paul II instructed us in Novo Millennio Ineunte, puts out “into the deep” for a catch. In many of the countries represented in this college, the ambient public culture once transmitted the Gospel, but does so no more. In those circumstances, the proclamation of the Gospel — the deliberate invitation to enter into friendship with the Lord Jesus — must be at the very center of the Catholic life of all of our people. But in all circumstances, the Second Vatican Council and the two great popes who have given it an authoritative interpretation are urging us to call our people to think of themselves as missionaries and evangelists. Fr. Mark said he liked that the cardinal talks about being uncompromising about telling the truth. He makes a point to say to teens or RCIA candidates or anyone else he addresses that he's not afraid of their questions, that the Church can justify its teaching or it's not the truth. Then when he can back it up, that's real evangelization. Scot said we need to understand what evangelization is and God's gives us the tools to understand the faith. We are all called to be evangelizers to whomever God puts in our path. Fr. Mark said the message of Vatican II that opened the door to evangelization and to reading the Bible is still being taught today. Many people still don't feel comfortable reading the Bible or talking about the faith. Scot's personal favorite of these 7 strategies is the next. When I was a new seminarian at the North American College here in Rome, all the first-year men from all the Roman theological universities were invited to a Mass at St. Peter's with the Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, Cardinal John Wright, as celebrant and homilist. We thought he would give us a cerebral homily. But he began by asking, “Seminarians: do me and the Church a big favor. When you walk the streets of Rome, smile!” So, point five: the missionary, the evangelist, must be a person of joy. “Joy is the infallible sign of God's presence,” claims Leon Bloy. When I became Archbishop of New York, a priest old me, “You better stop smiling when you walk the streets of Manhattan, or you'll be arrested!” A man dying of AIDS at the Gift of Peace Hospice, administered by the Missionaries of Charity in Cardinal Donald Wuerl's Archdiocese of Washington, asked for baptism. When the priest asked for an expression of faith, the dying man whispered, “All I know is that I'm unhappy, and these sisters are very happy, even when I curse them and spit on them. Yesterday I finally asked them why they were so happy. They replied ‘Jesus.' I want this Jesus so I can finally be happy. A genuine act of faith, right? The New Evangelization is accomplished with a smile, not a frown. The missio ad gentes is all about a yes to everything decent, good, true, beautiful and noble in the human person. The Church is about a yes!, not a no! Scot said this is a homily the cardinal could have given in a parish, but he was giving this to all the cardinals and the pope. Fr. Mark said he relates to the admonition to smile. He studied in Rome and a lot of priests and nuns he saw on the street were awfully grumpy. We have to have joy in our Christianity or no one will be attracted to it. Scot said he loves that the cardinal was very practical in just telling people to smile. Fr. Mark said his father has been telling him since the day he was ordained that he needs to smile wherever he speaks or celebrates Mass. And, next-to-last point, the New Evangelization is about love. Recently, our brother John Thomas Kattrukudiyil, the Bishop of Itanagar, in the northeast corner of India, was asked to explain the tremendous growth of the Church in his diocese, registering over 10,000 adult converts a year. “Because we present God as a loving father, and because people see the Church loving them.” he replied. Not a nebulous love, he went on, but a love incarnate in wonderful schools for all children, clinics for the sick, homes for the elderly, centers for orphans, food for the hungry. In New York, the heart of the most hardened secularist softens when visiting one of our inner-city Catholic schools. When one of our benefactors, who described himself as an agnostic, asked Sister Michelle why, at her age, with painful arthritic knees, she continued to serve at one of these struggling but excellent poor schools, she answered, “Because God loves me, and I love Him, and I want these children to discover this love.” Fr. Mark said at Fr. O'Flaherty's funeral this morning, it was recalled that Mother Teresa said when you spend your time judging, there is less time for loving. The way to love is service. How do you have an effective youth group? Teach them to serve. Show them the joy of someone who receives this service. Scot said in our actions we will converts to Christ. Words matter, but so do our acts. Fr. Mark said the lesson of the Missionaries of Charity is you never know who's watching us. Joy, love … and, last point … sorry to bring it up, … but blood. Tomorrow, twenty-two of us will hear what most of you have heard before: “To the praise of God, and the honor of the Apostolic See receive the red biretta, the sign of the cardinal's dignity; and know that you must be willing to conduct yourselves with fortitude even to the shedding of your blood: for the growth of the Christian faith, the peace and tranquility of the People of God, and the freedom and spread of the Holy Roman Church.” Holy Father, can you omit “to the shedding of your blood” when you present me with the biretta? Of course not! We are but “scarlet audio-visual aids” for all of our brothers and sisters also called to be ready to suffer and die for Jesus. It was Pope Paul VI who noted wisely that people today learn more from “witness than from words,” and the supreme witness is martyrdom. Sadly, today we have martyrs in abundance. Thank you, Holy Father, for so often reminding us of those today suffering persecution for their faith throughout the world. Thank you, Cardinal Koch, for calling the Church to an annual “day of solidarity” with those persecuted for the sake of the gospel, and for inviting our ecumenical and inter-religious partners to an “ecumenism of martyrdom.” While we cry for today's martyrs; while we love them, pray with and for them; while we vigorously advocate on their behalf; we are also very proud of them, brag about them, and trumpet their supreme witness to the world. They spark the missio ad gentes and New Evangelization. A young man in New York tells me he returned to the Catholic faith of his childhood, which he had jettisoned as a teenager, because he read The Monks of Tibhirine, about Trappists martyred in Algeria fifteen years ago, and after viewing the drama about them, the French film, Of Gods and Men. Tertullian would not be surprised. Thank you, Holy Father and brethren, for your patience with my primitive Italian. When Cardinal Bertone asked me to give this address in Italian, I worried, because I speak Italian like a child. But, then I recalled, that, as a newly-ordained parish priest, my first pastor said to me as I went over to school to teach the six-year old children their catechism, “Now we'll see if all your theology sunk in, and if you can speak of the faith like a child.” And maybe that's a fitting place to conclude: we need to speak again as a child the eternal truth, beauty, and simplicity of Jesus and His Church. Sia lodato Gesu Cristo! (May Jesus Christ always be praised.) Scot said it's interesting he ends with being willing to suffer and die for our faith and the cardinals need to lead in that. Fr. Mark said we hope that we don't have to die, but we always have to be ready, especially when God himself died on the cross. He liked how Cardinal Dolan plugged Of Gods and Men, which Fr. Mark also found inspiring. It's about monks in Algerian who have to decide whether to leave their monastery in a war-torn area. Scot said even in the presence of the College of Cardinals, Dolan cracked jokes and he's sure the cardinals enjoyed this address. Fr. Mark said he remembers as a child having a Jewish neighbor who asked him why he believes in Jesus and he said, “I don't know.” Since then he's had better answers, but at least they had the conversation. 4th segment: Now as we do every week at this time, we will consider the Mass readings for this Sunday, specifically the Gospel reading. This is the last Sunday before the beginning of Lent. Beloved: Christ suffered for sins once, the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous, that he might lead you to God. Put to death in the flesh, he was brought to life in the Spirit. In it he also went to preach to the spirits in prison, who had once been disobedient while God patiently waited in the days of Noah during the building of the ark, in which a few persons, eight in all, were saved through water. This prefigured baptism, which saves you now. It is not a removal of dirt from the body but an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him. The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan. He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him. After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.” Fr. Mark said on Ash Wednesday we heard the priest say Repent and believe in the Gospel. It may be a short proclamation, but it's very true. It is everything. Scot said we have heard this many times so we shouldn't take it for granted. We need to internalize this in every way in our lives. We shouldn't put off acting now during this Lent to re-prioritize anything that separates us from God. We don't know when our death will come. How can we re-order our lives so we can have a closer relationship with God. Fr. Mark said even if you've already had a bad beginning to Lent, there's still time to start again. He added that it should be challenging. It it's too easy it may not be enough to really change us. Scot talked about the service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross this Sunday called the Rite of Election in which people who are preparing to enter the Church at Easter are welcomed.

Today's host(s): Scot Landry Today's guest(s): Mother Maureen, Sr. Evelyn, Sr. Katy, Sr. Janice, and Sr. Evelyn of Mount Saint Mary Abbey, Wrentham, Mass. Links from today's show: Today's topics: Trappist nuns who make world-famous chocolate Summary of today's show: They say it's the best kept secret in New England and along a quiet, tree-lined road in the rural town of Wrentham sits an unassuming monastery of contemplative women who make chocolate beloved around the world. Scot Landry goes on location to Mount Saint Mary's Abbey, where the Trappist nuns support their way of life by making and selling Trappistine Quality Candy (perfect for Christmas gifts!) and practice the Cistercian life of liturgy, labor, and lectio divina. Join us on a rare behind-the-scenes look at life in a place where life moves at a different pace. 1st segment: St. Mary Abbey in Wrentham is the first abbey of Cistercian abbey of nuns in the United States. We are on location in Wrentham to share with you their way of life and show Mother Maureen, Sister Katy and Sister Evelyn join us today. Scot asked Mother Maureen about the origins of the Cistercians. The order was founded in 1098 by Benedictines living in a culture that didn't allow for the full expression of the Benedictine way of life. These monks missed the manual labor as well as the solitude and prayer that comes with less involvement in secular affairs. So they went off into the thick woods of France with the Church's blessing to work the land and find a purer balance of the Benedictine way of life: Liturgy, labor, and lectio divina. This way of life took off like wildfire. Scot said at some point the Cistercians underwent a reform which resulted in the Trappists, formally called the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance. Mother Maureen said the order looked back to its roots which helped it to survive difficult times, including the French revolution. Scot said there are other Cistercians abbeys in the US, including 12 for women. Sr. Katy said there is usually a monastery of nuns located near a monastery of women. The Abbey in Spencer, Mass., was already here and then Cardinal Cushing in 1949 asked for the sisters to come from Ireland to found this monastery. The numbers grew very quickly and they began to make foundations elsewhere. The first was in Iowa and the second in Arizona and third in West Virginia. Scot said they take a vow of stability. They promise to stay in the abbey for the rest of their life. Sr. Katy said the exception is if they make a new foundation, but if they come it's their intention to stay in the community until death. It's a blessing to have that continuation. It's a little bit of heaven because we believe after death we will be together forever. She said they never get bored with one another because they're always changing. Scot said there are 45 nuns in this monastery. Sr. Katy said they're starting to see young women come to visit again. They don't like to take them too young because the life is quite radical and so they would like them to have some maturity. Mother Maureen said about 1/4 of the nuns are from New England and 1/4 from the rest of the United States and since the 1990s they've had many more from overseas, so about 1/4 are from 10 different countries. And if they count the ones in the cemetery, about 1/4 are from New York state. She said there are more monasteries of men than women and there are some countries with Cistercian monasteries for men, but not women, so women who are interested in the monastic spirituality in the life will seek out the community. Scot said when they make a vow of stability to this community, they are leaving behind their country and they are discerning God's will that this community is where they will stay the rest of their days. She said when you have people from a number of cultures living together, it relativizes the culture and brings you to the essence of religious life. Scot asked how the diversity of background adds to the life. Sr. Katy said they are gifted and blessed to have so many cultures involved here. God has a wonderful sense of humor and a wonderful treasure he gives to us not just in accepting the other, but in being accepted and being able to live together. You come for one reason: to live for God. Other reasons can include the life of prayer, the life of work, the life of community, but in the end when everything else falls away, the one thing you have left is God. That is proven when you have so many people from so many cultures. Scot said when you live a life of stability with a very regimented schedule, that might not appeal to someone coming from a busy life. He asked Sr. Evelyn as the novice mistress how she helps seekers to adjust to the life of the abbey. She said when someone does come, most of the time they're very grateful for the simple life and they say to themselves they don't know how they dealt with the old way. Most who come have already started to live a prayer life outside and have had to give up a lot of their activities so when they come they plunge in. After a while, when you have a routine, you start to live within and the adventure is really within. You realize that God is really the adventure, because he's speaking to you in this quiet life. Scot asked Mother Maureen how she discerned her vocation. She said her father gave her the book the by Thomas Merton when she was 15. Her dad loved Dorothy Day, who played a big part in Merton's life. When she finished the book, she realized that it was a mirror of a desire she didn't know she'd had. When she told her dad, he said it wasn't why he gave her the book, but it was too late. It was a seed that grew in her. Scot asked Sr. Katy about her vocation. Her parents were very supportive of what she wanted to do in her life. She'd been in an another order for a number of years before coming to the Trappistines. As a little girl she'd wanted to be a sister, but that got put on the shelf during high school. As she came to graduation she felt God pulling her in this direction. She also tried nursing and entered the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul and was with them for years. That community would often go to a nearby men's monastery for Mass and prayers and felt a growing call for the solitude that was there and the vocation came from deep within and there was nothing to do but follow it. She loved the Daughters of Charity, this was the right move to make. She's never regretted it. Sr. Evelyn is Scottish and came to Canada with no intention of entering a monastery. She got the call as she left Scotland. She desired to love God as much as she could and she went around to all kinds of other active orders, but she had a desire for the contemplative life. The person helping her thought she was too extroverted for contemplative life. The book that really struck her was the book She was told that she should go to America rather than stay in Canada because she didn't speak French. She finally came to the abbey and the day she walked in the door,she knew she was home. Scot asked her how an extrovert can live a life of silence every day. She said the silence was what attracted her because the silence helps her to pray. She's a talker, but what she really loves most is the silence. 2nd segment: Scot said life in the abbey is about Liturgy, Lectio Divina, and Labor. The liturgical life includes seven times of prayer each day. Mother Maureen said St. Benedict loved the phrase from the Psalm, seven times a day I have praised you. The figurative meaning is giving the life wholly in praise. They rise before dawn, at 3:20am, to begin the day with prayer. This is key to Cistercian spirituality, rising in the night to meet with God. All the activities of the community revolve around those hours of prayer, so each part of the day is blessed by liturgical praise. Scot asked the other times during the day they pray the Divine Office. Mother Maureen said Morning Prayer is a 6:30, followed by Mass. They have three little hours and then a solemn evening hour of Vespers and then Compline at 7:15 at which time they go to sleep. All the prayers are in the chapel in community, except the Ninth Hour, at noon, which is prayed wherever they are working. Scot asked Sr. Katy about Lectio. She said Lectio Divina is one of the most important aspects of their life. It includes Scripture reading. It feeds the heart and soul. It's different from reading a book to study or for pleasure. It goes to the heart and it's never finished and can never be replaced by anything else. You carry the word or phrase you receive throughout the day and comes back to you as they day goes on. Some sisters use the readings from daily Mass for Lectio. Not everyone uses the same readings. Scot said his sense is that it's deep, slow, and short reading. Not a chapter in a book, but a paragraph or sentence. Sr. Katy said it's important to read it slowly and several times. A word might catch you or a phrase and it's important to stay with that. Sometimes nothing comes and that's okay too. God can speak in the silence. Scot asked for what they could tell listeners to integrate it into their own prayer lives. She suggested setting aside a particular time of day, perhaps in the morning. Don't feel you need to read something in its entirety, take it slow. Read it over and over again. Try to carry it with you throughout the day. Scot asked Sr. Evelyn why Labor is such important part of the life of a Cistercian nun. She said part of their life is to live by the labor of their hands. They've chosen that they want to live by their labor and take care of their own needs. Different aspects of life have different labors. There is a prayer in work that reveals what's going on in your heart. You are in prayer, you are in one place. When you're in work, it reveals the depth of character, especially when things don't go well. Being able to see work as a gift and to offer your whole heart in your work can amplify the prayer before or after that. Scot asked what forms of labor there are at the abbey. In addition to candy making, there is the office work they do. They have a flock of sheep to care for and groundskeeping and building maintenance. There is plenty of cooking, housework, and taking care of the sick in the infirmary. They have a bindery and a shoe shop as well. Scot asked Mother Maureen if the sisters rotate among the jobs or stay at one job. She said they do try to have a balance of detachment and using people's gifts. Some of the work is more technical so a person who has work like that, like actually cooking or treasurer has to have certain skills. It varies, some keep their jobs longer than others. There is a common good and a personal good and they try their best to balance those. Scot asked Sr. Katy how a woman might want to discern whether this is the way of life for them. Sr. Katy would invite them to a monastic weekend, which they offer twice per year. It gives them an overview and closeup view of the way they live. If the woman and the community feel it might be prudent for them, they invite them back to live in the guest house for about a week. The next step is for them to come inside and live with them for up to six weeks. After that would be acceptance into the order as a postulant. She said she makes clear that their number one work is prayer. They don't work in schools or hospitals. 3rd segment: Scot welcomed Sr. Janice, who oversees the business operations of Trappistine Candy. He said we've learned that labor is one of the ways the nuns grow in their faith. He asked her about the candy business here. She said they make a variety of candy and offer them in various combination. Their bestseller is butternut munch in milk chocolate and dark chocolate. They also make several kinds of fudge. They also make milk and ark chocolate squares. Scot asked what makes it unique. Sr. Janice it's made with love and prayers and when they make it they remember those who supply them with the goods to make it or support them by purchasing it because it supports their life and vocations. People can buy it at the gift store, but they can also purchase it online. Sr. Janice said their candy has gone to every continent, but Antarctica. The bulk of their business is domestic and have many customers who use their candy for gift-giving. Some people from far away have heard about them and found them online and just buy the candy. If people wanted to order the candy, they can go to or call 1-866-549-8929. They sell well more than 1,000 orders at Christmas. Scot said it's obviously well more than 1,000 by the humble look on Sr. Janice's face. Scot asked her what the one thing about she wanted to share about their candy. She said the sisters have a contest to see which state purchases the most candy: It's usually Massachusetts or New York. New York won once, but Massachusetts has carried the pennant for the past 40 years. 4th segment: Scot welcomed Sr. Pamela and she is the new media expert in the abbey. He asked how embracing new media is part of their work. She handles the website and Facebook page for the abbey. She also troubleshoots anything in the monastery as well. They had their first website back in the 1990s, as soon as it was possible. It's been important for their work, not just for vocations, but also for supporting the general Catholic population. They have visitors from all over the world and there's a general hunger among people to find the authentic Christian life. It has helped with vocations. If the website wasn't there they would think the sisters out of touch. She said, if used properly and with discretion, Facebook is a way to evangelize. They use it to reach not just family and friends, but all people interested in their life. She often posts about events and photos. She posts prayer requests, summaries of homilies, and the like. People sometimes submit prayer requests through the Facebook page and through a form on their website. Scot said they also have a Flickr.com page and there are a lot of photos from recent events at the Abbey. Sr. Pamela said they just opened it this summer. As a Mac user she had been using a .Mac account, but since that is closing, she's moved to Flickr. Scot said being able to communicate with the outside world connects what they do here in the community with the universal Church. She said when people do come here to visit they often comment on that connection. Mother Maureen finished by saying that every Christian has a call to reflect the life of Jesus in some way, but no person or group can exhaust the mystery of Jesus. They are called to express the love of Christ in their life of community. Each person's journey in their prayer life is uncharted, but it is all about entering into the heart of Christ and his prayer.