Comments on: Monastic blogs – five favourites

By: Tess

Tess — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:29:03 +0000

Hey Sandy, thanks for the comment.

By: Sandy, csj

Sandy, csj — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:32:24 +0000

Thanks, Tess, for the plug. Sounds like we are kindred spirits, seeking the sacred in everyday life… Happy trails…..

By: Tess

Tess — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:12:47 +0000

Barbara, thank you, these look really interesting and I’m keen to explore.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:54:43 +0000

I am familiar with most of these links (have commented on rare occasion at Sister Julie’s and at Sister Susan Rose’s, too) and find the new ones quite interesting. I will be checking in on them now and then.

Although they are a bit more conservative than I am comfortable with, I do enjoy visiting http://monialesop.blogspot.com/ for their joy and the relative openness on talking about their lives together. They are a group of cloistered Dominican nuns in Summit, New Jersey, USA:

Another monastic link is to the Benedictine monks at Christ in the Desert near Abiquiu, New Mexico. Their abbot writes each Wednesday about the comings and goings of the Abbey, the Cellarer writes once a week, too, and there is the Abbot’s homily on Sundays. http://www.christdesert.org

The prior of their dependent priory in Chicago also keeps a blog. It is more meditative and spiritual in content: http://www.chicagomonk.com

I don’t keep up with all of these, but they are interesting.

I also am eager to follow up on kigen’s suggestion.

By: Tess

Tess — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:36:28 +0000

Thank you all for your comments, glad you find the links interesting. And kigen thank you so much for your own link to the online Zendo, I know I’m really going enjoy exploring that.

By: lucy

lucy — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:11:49 +0000

you do indeed come up with the most interesting things for us to view! thanks,

By: kigen

kigen — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:20:34 +0000

Tess! Thanks for these links! They all look interesting, absorbing, and I bookmarked a couple of them. Below is a favorite online Zendo, with podcasts by Abbess Pat Enkyo O’Hara, Roshi, the leader of a Zen community in New York City. Enkyo has said that many people who attend her talks combine Zen with other faiths!
http://web.mac.com/enkyoo/Roshi_Enkyo/Roshi/Roshi.html

By: Barney

Barney — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:01:59 +0000

Fascinating! Many thanks for the links, Tess.

By: Susan Rose, CSJP

Susan Rose, CSJP — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:02:53 +0000

Thanks for the shout out!

Have a blessed holy week and a happy easter.

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:05:49 +0000

Ooh, thank you Therese

I am going away to read all of them now.