Tom Merton's Cabin

11/20/2024

08/13/2024

Do you ever feel "caught in the middle?" I think it happens to the more "contemplative" people, I dare say. Well, like Vlogger and traditional Christian Erick Ybarra, I, travelling between the Catholic and Orthodox churches, i usually feel that as an Orthodox, I need to have a strong part of me aligned to Catholicity - and when I was Catholic, I could not help but have an equally strong Orthodox part of me. Besides crying for the Lord's help in this matter, it might be helpful to review the "Great Books" of my 'civilized' education, so here's a start - to have good guides on such a review:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4FhKorpk2BCOmjWy0q0lZC?si=Qx9_GfVWSRG5PeA99Uje6A

Episode · Ascend - The Great Books Podcast · Who are we and why did we start this podcast?In this episode Adam and Deacon Garlick discuss:Who is Adam Minihan and Deacon Harrison Garlick?Why did we start this project?What should the listener expect?Announcing a YEAR WITH HOMER!We are all disciples ...

07/08/2024

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05/12/2024

Back to Ye Olde Bagster's Bible Share:

"Reproach hath broken my heart.

Is not this the carpenter's son?--Can there any good thing
come out of Nazareth?--Say we not well that thou art a
Samaritan, and hast a devil?--He casteth out devils through the
prince of the devils.--We know that this man is a sinner.--He
deceiveth the people.--This [man] blasphemeth.--Behold a man
gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.

It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and
the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the
house Beelzebub, how much more [shall they call] them of his
household?--This [is] thankworthy, if a man for conscience
toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. . . . For even
hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us,
leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did
no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: who, when he was
reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not;
but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously.--If ye
be reproached for the name of Christ, happy [are ye]; for the
spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is
evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified."

Ps 69:20 Mt 13:55 Joh 1:46 8:48 Mt 9:34 Joh 9:24 7:12
Mt 9:3 11:19 10:25 1Pe 2:19,21-23 4:14

03/09/2024

See the great growth of the Anglican Church in Africa, this time the focus is on Rwanda:

https://www.facebook.com/stories/207272057430756/UzpfSVNDOjExNDI3MTkyNDM4MjM2MDY=/?view_single=false

03/04/2024

“The words of the Book of Common Prayer have a rare capacity not only to sink into the memory through their rhythms but to calm the very pace of our thoughts. They are words that help us to be open and still, to recognise with sober humility the greatness of what confronts us in the mysteries of our redemption.” (Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury).

Classical Christian Common Prayer ~ Use the Canadian Prayerbook Society App, of which C.S. Lewis would have been very proud (for free ~ stay daily in touch with your need to pray!):

The Common Prayer Canada Mobile App: Daily Prayers from the Book of Common Prayer Get the app: Web-based Version Apple version Google Play (Android) version This app, brought to you by the Prayer Book Society of Canada, aims to introduce the Book of Common Prayer to a new generation. The app automat...