The Celtic Monk

John Main Seminar  2011 in Cork   Laurence Freeman/Kathleen Weller Dear Ones, Earlier this August, I attended the 2017 John Main Seminar.  We were hosted on the campus of the University of St. Thomas in the museum district of Houston, Texas.  People travelled from Venezuela, Trinidad, Australia and beyond to attend. I  still   have much to unpack from the week; much to yet ponder. The seminar began with a four-day guided silent retreat with Laurence Freeman (Benedictine) who is the Executive Director of the World Community for Christian Meditation.  He led us through short talks on finding our way to the "inner room" in our meditation.  Citing Scripture, the practice of Lectio Divina, and the images of the Rothko Chapel, Fr. Laurence made a compelling case on how we may be led into stillness and silence. A silence we practiced 6 times a day for 25 minutes each sitting.   What I want to share is more experience and interpretation than information.  It so happens tha

The tale of two…   Charles Dickens Two roads diverged in a yellow woods…    Robert Frost “In each of us, two natures are at war – the good and the evil. All our lives the fight goes on between them, and one of them must conquer. But in our own hands lies the power to choose what we want most to be we are.”   …    Robert Louis Stevenson Dear friends, It's been a long time since I've posted.  I hope by the end of this one, you'll realize it was better for me not to have been writing these past several months.  Thanks for hanging in there with me via emails, texts or FB.  Kathleen             I have never in my life felt so strong a tug at the center of my being as I have since the 20 th of January, 2017.   To say that I have lived my adult life as apolitical is kind.   I’ve never been staunch in my leanings towards one party or the other.   And truth be told, I am not now.   I’ve resisted the many Blue offers that have come my way.             Becaus