ora et labora

It is usually the habitual enactment of ordinary actions that forms and transforms us the most.

Julie Ann Stevens
Julie Stevens

Ordinary and Extraordinary

What comes to your mind, heart, and senses when you read the word “extraordinary?” It is likely the big or unusual stuff, the events that are hard to believe. We tend to think of the extraordinary as most transformative or valuable. Yet in actuality, it is usually the small, habitual enactment of ordinary actions that tend to form and transform us the most.

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Our Mission is to assist in the ongoing work of discerning God's presence, both within ourselves and in the world; provide guidance in the search for wisdom; teach all forms of contemplative prayer; offer training in the inner work of the spiritual life.

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