What was there left to believe in? - mailchi.mp/benetvision/do…

Feast of the Ascension may be more about us - mailchi.mp/benetvision/do…

Sister Joan's newest book, The Monastic Heart: 50 Simple Practices for a Contemplative and Fulfilling Life, comes out Sept. 21, 2021. Listen to an excerpt, read reviews, and pre-order it here: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/672009/t…

Happy Feast Day of St. Hildegard of Bingen, a Benedictine abbess, 12th century feminist and prophet of her time. Read a 2014 interview with Sister Joan on Hildegard's larger-than-life legacy here: joanchittister.org/articles/hilde…

It's publication day for The Monastic Heart! "The Monastic Heart invites readers of all walks to welcome this end of certainty and embrace a new beginning of our faith." Order your copy here: store.benetvision.org/monasticheart.… #pubday #monasticheart

Celebrating publication day at the pub, why not! Where are you reading your new copy of The Monastic Heart? Send us your photos!

From Vision & Viewpoint: "In what ways do candles contribute to the development of the spiritual life? How can I myself help that happen? Candles, for all their fragility, are, in fact, the overwhelming images of what it means to be spiritually alive." mailchi.mp/benetvision/do…

"The only hope we have to preserve, to reclaim, what we have always known ourselves to be is exactly what Jesus was trying to teach us when he said, 'Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the land.'" ncronline.org/news/opinion/b…

Join me on our journey of a lifetime, a "Journey through the Monastic Heart." Based on my new book, this eCourse will focus on ten major themes over four weeks, explored through original audio and written reflection. Learn more here: spiritualityandpractice.com/ecourses/cours…

Create a monastery within yourself and join for this upcoming course, A Journey through the Monastic Heart. Learn more and register here: SpiritualityandPractice.com/MonasticHeartO…

.Joan Chittister, OSB: Without poverty of spirit, simplicity of desire, or contentment with enoughness, there can be no awareness of the riches that come with simply being alive, of being loved and loving earth and all in return. ncr.media/3aWaRWH

Blessed are those who mourn now — and do something to make it better ncronline.org/news/opinion/b… via NCR

We must allow ourselves to face, to mourn, what is happening to our lives, to our country, to our church. And the Beatitudes are clear: What we ourselves do will be what will "comfort" our mourning. Joan Chittister, OSB ncr.media/3okb5x1

"Blessed are the merciful," the fifth beatitude contends, "for they shall receive mercy." Jesus says that the kind of mercy we give will be the kind of mercy we get when we need it. Mercy is not an event; it is a way of being in the world. ncronline.org/news/opinion/b…

Happy Feast Day of Saint Benedict -- a day we celebrate the seeker whose devotion to and articulation of a holy life, a peaceful life, and a productive life has been a model of our communal commitment to seeking God for over 1500 years: mailchi.mp/83caf2e96529/d…

"The poets tell us that we are nothing but stardust. But stardust is the same stuff of a Cosmic God as we are its cosmic dust. Think of it: God is within us and we are within God, the Light - God, the energy of all life, God the Creator of the universe." mailchi.mp/5f96105.../do-…

The latest from joan chittister: The sense of "community" in the U.S. is broken in two. How can a nation, an institution, a people, a family function well without the sense of community that carries us through dark and dangerous times? ncr.media/3IVNyw8

"If there is a major problem in spirituality today, it may be that we do not do enough to form Christians for resistance to evil. ... we make compliant Christians rather than courageous ones, as if bearing evil were more important than confronting it." mailchi.mp/03769c0b557a/d…

"Religion is meant to be light, sign, watermark, path. Religion becomes a map to a place no one has ever been. But the going on is up to me. And the way I go on is my spirituality." mailchi.mp/benetvision.or…

Let there be no doubt about it: Love is the essence of religious community life. ncronline.org/news/opinion/c…