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Oblate Spring,
http://oblatespring.com/index.htm
Order of St. Benedict,
www.osb.org;
Oblate Forum,
www.oblateforum.org;
New American Bible online,
www.usccb.org/nab/bible;
Hymns online,
www.cyberhymnal.org;
Online Oblate Chapter of Yankton,
www.yanktonbenedictines.org/oblates_booc_intro.html.
St. Benedict's Toolbox Annex, http://www.stbenedictstoolbox.org/retreats.html
Fr. Albert Holtz, OSB, Oblate Director for Newark Abbey publishes a Blog with spiritual reflections (about once a week). You can get them on http://downtownmonks.blogspot.com .
Homilies on Benedictine spirituality from WEDO radio, hosted by John James, oblate of Saint Vincent Archabbey, are now available on the web site wedoradio@comcast.net. One may also access these homilies at www.frdonald.wedo810.com.
Give Us This Day is a new personal prayer periodical from Liturgical Press. Monthly publication begins in August. Free sample copies are available. Visit them at www.giveusthisday.org or call 1-800-858-5450.
Benedict & Benedictine Spirituality
St. Benedict and His Order: A Brief History
Books on Benedictine Spirituality
Life Under the Benedictine Rule
St. Benedict's Toolbox Annex, http://www.stbenedictstoolbox.org/retreats.html
Christine Valters Paintner, Ph.D., an Oblate with St. Placid Priory in Lacey, WA offers a variety of online classes integrating monastic spirituality and the arts. She also offers a free 7-day e-course on being a monk in the world. Her online class, “Way of the Monk, Path of the Artist, will be offered again beginning January 17, 2011. Published as a book by Ave Maria Press under the title, “The Artist’s Rule: Nurturing Your Creative Soul with Monastic Wisdom,” it will be available in July 2011. For more information and details, visit www.abbeyofthearts.com .
Rule of Benedict: Study & Reflection
A bibliography for the study of the RB.
The Rule of St. Benedict - The Monastery of Christ in the Desert
Daily Reflections on the RB by Joan Chittister
The Rule of Benedict and Environmental Stewardship by Abbot John Klassen, OSB
The Rule of Benedict: Insights for the Ages
St. Benedict's Toolbox Annex, http://www.stbenedictstoolbox.org/retreats.html
St. Benedict: Hidden Meanings in His Story
St. Scholastica: Finding Meaning in Her Story
LOH
Introduction to Medieval Christian Liturgy: The Liturgy of the Hours
General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours
Liturgy of the Hours Apostolate
Morning Prayer - Psalm & Reading Schedule
Noon Praise - Psalm & Reading Schedule
Evening Prayer - Psalm & Reading Schedule
PODCAST of LOH
- Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration - Tuscon, AZ
www.universalis.com for those who wish to pray the Liturgy of the Hours from the computer and to learn other information about a given day’s liturgy.
Lectio
The practice of 'holy reading'
American-Cassinese Congregation, Renew and Create (1969).
The Cloud of Unknowing, chapter 35 (anonymous 14th-century English author).
Luke Dysinger, OSB, Accepting the Embrace of God: The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina (1990).
From The Nine Ways of Prayer of St. Dominic (1260-1288).
Abbot General Bernardo Olivera, OCSO, Letter on Lectio Divina (1993).
Some Excerpts from the Rule of Benedict.
Abbot Armand Veilleux, OCSO, Lectio Divina as
School of Prayer among the Fathers of the Desert (1995).
From William of St. Thierry (d. 1148).
Readings and Psalms for the Month
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