Ora et Labora

As my previous post mentions, I was recently on retreat at St. Anselm's Abbey in Manchester, NH. It was a great experience for me. A number of my questions were answered about monochism and myself. So many times I sat among men who are, some of them, very distinguished. Men who may be considered experts in their fields. And yet not one of them claimed that they were capable of doing anything without some type of assistance, be it divine or human (with the exception of perhaps one, but he is the exception on so many levels).

My Decision

As I spend time on retreat, I am noticing that my thoughts about my own sin, short-comings and on rare occasion, talens that have called me to pursue the possibility of monastic life, and other things, are beginning to become far more personal. I wish to keep them between myself and I. For that reason, I have given this journal a new start. I may publish wandering thoughts now and again.