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Universally Accessible and Innately Personal: The Significance of Relationship in St. Benedict’s Humility

By Elizabeth Elin In a world fraught with desperation and insecurity, humility appears to be an antiquated virtue, frequently discarded due to its destructive effect on self-esteem. Today, it seems that humi... Read More...

Prayer and the Early Medieval Monk

Renie Choy’s recent book is an invaluable resource to anyone wondering how early medieval monks spent their time or understood their mission in the world.

A Novena for Vocations to the Monastic Life

I ask readers of Covenant to join with me in praying for vocations to the religious life.

St. Basil’s Wisdom on Community

St. Basil shows us why life in community is of greater advantage than life in solitary retirement.

Epiphany Seen through Monastic Eyes

The central theme for Epiphanytide is the manifestation of Christ to the world, which leads to the obvious exhortation that every Christian is called to repent and believe in the gospel.

Ideal friendship? Jesus and St. John

Social media seems to have thinned out friendship. What model does John present, the disciple whom Jesus loved?

The religious life and faithful flourishing in the Episcopal Church

A flourishing parish will raise up future monks and nuns who are willing to dedicate their lives to poverty, chastity, and obedience.

Tightly woven: Anglican parishes and religious orders

When I look at my cross from Ascot Priory, I thank God for those nuns whose prayers sustain the work I do.

The hope and joy of peace

Tobacco and Twitter: What One Can Teach Us About the Other

The First Commandment as an Axiom of Christian Preaching

Keeping Company with God

A guide to the Covenant

Tobacco and Twitter: What One Can Teach Us About the Other

The First Commandment as an Axiom of Christian Preaching

Keeping Company with God

Frustration: Good for the Soul?

Coleridge: Rowan Williams on the Bible and Poetry; Taylor Swift and Catharism; the Lives of Virgil and Andrei Rublev

How to Preach Badly, Part Three

Are we done with the '79 prayer book?

On the Necessity of Transparency in Title IV Proceedings

From the Archives: The Three Sacred Ministers: An Outmoded Concept? (1965)

Remembering Life’s Journey

From the Archives: Worship in an Era of Permanent Change

From Law to Grace: The Gospel in the Holy Eucharist

Jacob’s Ladder for Christians: A Meditation Upon the Seven Sacraments

Ascension song

Tobacco and Twitter: What One Can Teach Us About the Other

The First Commandment as an Axiom of Christian Preaching

Keeping Company with God

Coleridge: Rowan Williams on the Bible and Poetry; Taylor Swift and Catharism; the Lives of Virgil and Andrei Rublev

Trinity, Technocracy, and Grace: Thoughts Occasioned by Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

The Ethical Problem With AI Might Be Different Than You Think

Universally Accessible and Innately Personal: The Significance of Relationship in St. Benedict’s Humility

Prayer and the Early Medieval Monk

A Novena for Vocations to the Monastic Life

St. Basil’s Wisdom on Community

Epiphany Seen through Monastic Eyes

Ideal friendship? Jesus and St. John

The religious life and faithful flourishing in the Episcopal Church

Tightly woven: Anglican parishes and religious orders

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