Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè As Brother August and I prepare to set the supper he chooses to speak to me about the whispers of the master of the scribes today in the scriptorium. He was asking of my training. Brother August, thinking I am my son, assumes I was taught to read andContinue reading “Post #23.7, Tuesday, August 17, 2021”
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Post #23.6, Thursday, August 12, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè The monks are seated at the boards spread for the meal in the oratory this morning. Some are here with hidden scars, some with pale echoes of “Gloria” still lingering, passing the basket of bread from one to another as we all are one great omelet of God’s love.Continue reading “Post #23.6, Thursday, August 12, 2021”
Post #23.5, Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè “We don’t have to hurry,” August explains, “the bread is rising, and the meal is eggs which will cook quickly as everyone is gathering at the boards.” We break each egg and beat it into the froth as Brother August shares another bit of Brother Joel’s wisdom. Continue reading “Post #23.5, Wednesday, August 11, 2021”
Post #23.4, Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè As a guest at Ligugè I’m assigned to visitor’s quarters in a small room in the villa while the monks are outside the walls in caves and hovels. In my last life here as a monk my cell was made of a few stones but mostly of sticks andContinue reading “Post #23.4, Tuesday, August 10, 2021”
Post #23.3, Thursday, August 5, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè The abbot is allowing me to stay here and work in the scriptorium to copy from Eve’s book as long as I follow the rule of this abbey. Having been here before I know the daily patterns they keep. But the abbot doesn’t remember me. He argues, “No,Continue reading “Post #23.3, Thursday, August 5, 2021”
Post #23.2, Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè Brother August and I are here where the old, earthly bones of the monks are buried. This sculptor’s image of a soaring bird incised on the stone marks this heap of earth for Brother Joel in the most fitting way. “As it is on earth it is in Heaven,”Continue reading “Post #23.2, Wednesday, August 4, 2021”
Post #23.1, Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè Brother Joel is with us in soaring spirit, though maybe never really walked on earth at all. He is surely still present with Brother August and I in his ancient strand of wisdom. I affirm, “Yes, a suit of armor called ‘pride’ would impede love for others, andContinue reading “Post #23.1, Tuesday, August 3, 2021”
Post #22.13, Thursday, July 29, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè Brother August explains, “Brother Joel gave so much guidance to take me through a sin which to others might have been considered personal pride. I’d so easily learned the spiritual moments of true prayer as art in carving stone. But Brother Joel noticed my tethers of pride were toContinue reading “Post #22.13, Thursday, July 29, 2021”
Post #22.12, Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè Changing the subject, I just asked Brother August if The Rule made allowances for an artist who cuts stone. He answers, “At Ligugè we don’t concern ourselves with The Rule yet the abbot here has been generous in allowing me to continue my prayers with a hammer andContinue reading “Post #22.12, Wednesday, July 28, 2021”
Post #22.11, Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè Here I am at the monastery visiting the place where Nic is buried. Brother August came over when he saw me here. Now Brother August remembers me from twenty years ago but even though he has heard about it, he doesn’t believe the story of my very odd giftContinue reading “Post #22.11, Tuesday, July 27, 2021”
Lazarus Ink 