SERMONS & REFLECTIONS | CDL Monastery

LIKE ME, LIKE YOU,

I like parables, and this one from Luke 18: 9-14 is no exception. As the story goes, two men went to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee...

NEVERTHELESS, SHE PERSISTED

NEVERTHELESS, SHE PERSISTED LUKE 18:1-8 "Nevertheless, she persisted" is an expression adopted by the feminist movement in...

THE KINGDOM OF GOD

Luke 12:22-32 Good morning, St Bens. It is so nice to be back with you today. Reverend Caro has chosen 3 wonderful readings for today as...

18 YEARS - NOW FREE

Good morning. I am the Reverend Greta Ronningen and I am so pleased to worship with you this morning. I am new to this area having moved...

MAY THE SPIRIT DISTURB YOU

Luke 12:49-56 Many years ago, a retired priest friend of mine offered me this blessing: “May the Spirit disturb you.” I was caught off...

THE WAY OF BENEDICT

Benedict’s original Rule contains 73 short chapters. Most of these directives concern that day-to-day details of monastic life in a 5th...

COMPASSION IN ACTION

As some of you know I am a member of CDL, an Episcopal monastery that has been committed to offering spiritual care in jails and prisons....

HEALING THE GERASENE WITHIN

Imagine the scene. Jesus steps from boat to shore off the Sea of Galilee. Stories are circulating about this itinerate Rabbi country...