Ordinary Time · Green
A rule. A rhythm.
A life with God.
Grow, like ivy on the chapel wall, that you may bear much fruit. Come in from the road and sit by the hearth. Here, in the quiet of weathered stone and creeping ivy, learn the slow rhythms of prayer, the disciplines, and a life quietly hidden in Christ.
A word from the elder
“Thomas was no worse a doubter than the rest. The risen Christ meets each of us in the wound of our own unbelief.”
— Rev. Chris Roth, on John 20
The threefold pattern
Up · In · Out
A whole life: turned toward God, knit into His Body, sent into His world.
Up
Toward God — prayer, sacrament, Scripture, silence.
In
Within the Body — fellowship, accountability, embodied health.
Out
Toward the world — mission, mercy, witness, work.
The Disciplines
Seventeen classical practices — engagement and abstinence — that train the soul.
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Prayer Practices
From the Daily Office to the Jesus Prayer. Step into the Church’s living life of prayer.
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Rule of Life Builder
Daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal, yearly — a rhythm for a whole-souled life.
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Virtue & Vice
Name your struggle. Receive practices drawn from the Fathers and Willard.
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Library
Quotes from Willard, Foster, Smith, the Philokalia, and the Desert Fathers.
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Journal & Examen
A quiet space for reflection, prompts, and the Ignatian Examen.
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