I began my day driving to nearby Olean to the Verizon Wireless store. I was returning one phone and exchanging it for another. When I finished it was 10:40 am and I thought with luck I can get to Mt. Irenaeus at least in time for communion. I did better than that, I got there [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Mt. Irenaeus’
Lady of the Genesee
Posted in Christianity, Genesee Abbey, Marian, Mt. Irenaeus, Peace, Spiritual, Trappist, gratitude, monastic, mystic, prayer, tagged Abbey of the Genesee, contemplative, Marian, Mt. Irenaeus, New York State, Olean, Piffard on August 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Merton and me
Posted in Spiritual, Thomas Merton, Trappist, Zen, mindfulness, monastic, mystic, tagged contemplative, Thomas Merton, St. Francis of Assisi, Mt. Irenaeus, mount irenaeus, Karl Rahner on July 31, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Last night I attended a talk given by Walt Chura, SFO at Mount Irenaeus. Walt’s topic was the “Transformations of Thomas Merton.” Walt talked about the similarities between the transformations of Francis of Assisi and Thomas Merton and helped me to more clearly see each man and their journey to God and my own [...]
Bunny fluff
Posted in gratitude, mindfulness, mystic, prayer, tagged Christ, Franciscan, love, Mt. Irenaeus, St. Paul on April 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Today I awoke to a covering of white stuff that Fr. Bob at the Mountain called “bunny fluff.” Bob said that any snow that falls after April 1st is referred to as bunny fluff. It works for me. My ride over to Mass this morning was typical as I made my way down the Ischua [...]
Learning something new
Posted in Mt. Irenaeus, tagged contemplative, Franciscan, Mt. Irenaeus, retreat, video on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
I just learned how to use Animoto to create a video. This short video came from some pictures I’ve taken recently at Mt. Irenaeus. I hope you like them and that you’ll give Animoto a try. It’s a very neat Web 2.x application. Follow this link to the video. Animoto.com
The Passover of the Lord
Posted in Catholic, Christian, Easter, Jesus, Mt. Irenaeus, gratitude, mystic, prayer, tagged contemplative, Easter Vigil, gratitude, Mt. Irenaeus on March 23, 2008 | No Comments »
I was running a bit late last night as I drove to Mt. Irenaeus for the Easter Vigil. We had company and one of them needed maps for a trip back to Rochester. Several maps from Google were needed before I could leave home for the trip to the Mountain. As I drove down Route [...]
Presence
Posted in Catholic, Christian, Mt. Irenaeus, Spiritual, St. Bonaventure University, mystic, prayer, tagged benediction, eucharist, Franciscan, Holy Thursday, Mt. Irenaeus, St. Bonaventure University on March 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Holy Thursday is one of my favorite days and nights in the church year. It always has been. It’s kind of celebration at the end of Lent. In the last eight years it’s become tradition for me to be at Mt. Irenaeus for supper with friends and then the Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper [...]
Jesus Wine of Peace
Posted in Jesus, Mt. Irenaeus, Peace, St. Bonaventure University, mindfulness, monastic, mystic, prayer, tagged contemplative, Franciscan, Jesus, Mt. Irenaeus, Peace on January 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Today was very cold. I think it was about 7 degrees fahrenheit this morning as I ventured up to Mt. Irenaeus for Mass. The roads up to the mountain were snow covered but passable. My journey was very peaceful. There is something very contemplative in winter. A stillness that occurs when the earth [...]
Who are our partners?
Posted in Christian, Jesus, Mt. Irenaeus, Peace, prayer, tagged Bible, Epiphany, Franciscan, Mt. Irenaeus, Scripture, St. Paul on January 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Today is the Feast of the Epiphany and also my brother’s 54th birthday. I called him on my drive over to Mt. Irenaeus for this morning Mass to wish him a Happy Birthday. I had sent him a couple of cards but I decided this morning that I would risk waking him on my [...]
Gratitude
Posted in Mt. Irenaeus, gratitude, tagged Franciscan, Friars, gratitude, Mt. Irenaeus, Seculars on December 17, 2007 | No Comments »
Tonight our Secular Franciscan Fraternity hosted a dinner for the friars at Mt. Irenaeus. The core community at Mt. Irenaeus are five Friars of Holy Name of Jesus Province who live and work at Mt. Irenaeus. Without their presence in our lives I doubt few of us would have become seculars. But, with their [...]
Are you the one?
Posted in Christianity, Jesus, Mt. Irenaeus, gratitude, mindfulness, tagged Gospel, Mt. Irenaeus, St. Matthew on December 16, 2007 | No Comments »
Much of our area was blanketed with snow overnight. Add to that a mix of freezing drizzle and you have the recipe for some slippery driving. I wasn’t sure I could make it up the hill to Mt. Irenaeus this morning. In fact I got stuck in the slippery snow just yards from the top. [...]
