Trappist monk Erik Varden, the Bishop of Trondheim in Norway, has preached the Spiritual Exercises for Lent to Pope Leo XIV ...
Second, focusing on the one thing strengthens faith and spiritual discernment. Jesus said: “Abide in me, and I in you” (John 15:4). The busyness of life can dull our sensitivity to the Spirit. By ...
Pope Leo XIV closed the Vatican’s weeklong Lenten spiritual exercises Friday by thanking retreat preacher Bishop Erik Varden ...
FRIDAY OF THE FIRST WEEK OF LENT – Feast Blessed George Herbert, Priest (1633).
The Cistercian bishop reflected on angels as mediators of God’s providence and on St. Bernard of Clairvaux’s realism rooted ...
Casey Means, President Trump’s nominee for U.S. surgeon general, preaches a broad, loosely-defined spirituality that blends ideas such as the “divine feminine,” meditation, and connection with nature.
Bishop Varden of Trondheim, a Trappist monk, shared wisdom from contemplative life during the retreat, drawing from the ...