I took this photo after attending Vespers and Adoration with my friends Leonard and Mark at San Damiano in Assisi on Monday evening. The friars ended their evening adoration by saying the prayer of Saint Francis: " We adore Thee, O Lord Jesus Christ, in this Church and all the Churches of the world, and we bless Thee, because, by Thy Holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world."
His Excellency, Bishop Edward J. Slattery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma has given
Father Mark a special mandate to live under the Rule of Saint Benedict in adoration before the Eucharistic Face of Jesus, offering thanksgiving, intercession, and reparation for all his
brothers in Holy Orders. In this way, Father is preparing the foundation of the new Diocesan Benedictine Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle. Father Mark is available to the
priests and deacons of the Diocese for spiritual and sacramental support in their pursuit of holiness. He is also charged with the spiritual formation of women who desire to dedicate themselves to spiritual motherhood in favour of priests.
"I have forsaken my home, I have cast off mine inheritance"
It's about time you got back. :)
Beautiful. Glad you are back, Father.