On November 15th, I marked the 8th
anniversary of my Rule of Life.
Even though the Rule has remained the same, my life has
changed much. I’ve had many spiritual adventures – not all pleasant!
Most of what I have committed to do in my Rule will remain
the same: praying the Divine Office in the monastic rite; fasting on certain
days; some private devotions; etc.
I haven’t really started the review and revision process…but
I did find one thing I had forgotten was in there: half an hour a day of silent
prayer before the altar and (empty) tabernacle in my chapel. That needs to
start afresh! Even though the Blessed Sacrament is not there, I have
experienced that tabernacle, with its door slightly ajar, as a sort of “portal”
to all the other tabernacles in the world that do hold Our Blessed Lord. And
even though He is not there, I “pretend” He is – I try to behave as if the
Blessed Sacrament is there.
In fact, I see my chapel as a “chapel of reparation”: I try
to do everything as correctly as possible – changing the altar antependium
according to the feast and liturgical color of the day, and making all the
signs of reverence required when one enters a sacred place – in order to make
reparation for all the liturgical abuses that go on in my parish, diocese, and
beyond.
I offer it all to His Majesty.
Lord
Jesus Christ, have mercy on me.
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