Barzillai
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My Tagline: Praying the Divine Office.
Click Here for an example of the Divine Office May God's grace fill your soul with hope. ++++++++++++++++++++++
Benedictine Oblate
My Interests:
Prayer, Meditation, Worship, God, Biblical archaeology, History, Music, Books, Gardening, Art, Family, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ, Holy, Holy Spirit, Community, Nature, Liturgy, Divine Office, Monasticism, Monastery, Monks, Monk, Benedictine, Benedict, Rule of St. Benedict, mysticism, mystics, Silence, Meditation, Oblates, Oblate, Abbey, Liturgy of the Hours, Psalms, Catholic, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Order of St. Benedict, St. Benedict, Contemplation, Lectio Divina, Opus Dei,
My Favorite Books, Authors, Musicians, Movies, Preachers, TV shows, etc:
Other interests I enjoy reading and talking about are, bird watching, Florida history, Brontë Family, Brontë, Christian church unity, unity, epistemology, (the study of how we know things), NHRA professional drag racing, NHRA, the history of the Apollo moon program (1968-1972), Apollo, NASA, and the use of the Internet by monastics and for purposes of monasticism, Internet, ecumenism
Who Inspires Me:
St. Benedict and his Rule of St. Benedict.
Because of the power and effectiveness of his Rule for monks living in a community, St. Benedict is often called the father of Western monasticism, born at Nursia, Italy c. 480; died at the famous monastery he founded, Monte Cassino, Italy, 543 AD.
It has been said that other than the Bible, the Rule of St. Benedict has been the most important book for the development of Western civilization.
My favorite spiritual activities:
What is your current spiritual mood?:
Joyful
About Me
Peace and blessing to you. May God's love strengthen you.
FAITH:
I acknowledge as fact that the God of the Bible is God the Father Almighty; that Jesus Christ is His only begotten Son, our Lord, who was born of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary; that He was crucified under Pontius Pilate, and buried; that on the third day He rose from the dead; that He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father, from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead; and that the Holy Spirit; the holy Church; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting are also all factually true. God's free gift is eternal life.
ON THE INTERNET:
Oblate Spring is my web site about Benedictine oblate monasticism (monasticism for lay people) and Oblate Blog is about my life as a Benedictine oblate.
My Basics
Gender: Male
Relationship Status: Married
Faiths:
Catholic,
Faith Description: Evangelical, God, Jesus Christ, The Bible
Barzillai's Journal
Posted: Sep 4, 2008 10:48 PM
Benedictine Divine Office. An oblate blog. The newest post is about how I am using tabbed dividers for praying the divine... (more)
Posted: Sep 1, 2008 2:19 PM
Praying the Divine Office. Here is a my oblate blog about how I pray the liturgy of the hours (divine office) during the day. (more)
Posted: Aug 29, 2008 7:05 PM
Monastic Prayer in the Night. A Benedictine oblate blog. A new blog entry entitled "An Ancient Spirit Lives... (more)
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Thank you - September 4, 2008 - 12:45 AM
Dear Barzillai, thank you for the info on your profile. I am a Catholic looking for where I might be useful and I had heard of lay people being part of monastic orders before but had no info beyond that. I really think it might be for me. I have some housing, family, and health issues to deal with while I look into this. Will be seeing you on the Our Father group. God bless. Mary Mike