You could bottle it and make a million. Yet there s another reason. In just a few hours, the first shafts of sun will hit the chapel s amber windows splashing white walls and oak pews with an unearthly golden glow. Sometimes this happens when the brothers are quietly kneeling after Holy Communion. For a few minutes I m atop Mount Tabor with Peter, James and John before the Lord.
Many people comment on the peace, simplicity and beauty of our friaries.
The word oasis is often used. This is not surprising and it takes a lot of work. Since we don t own real estate, we must depend on Divine Providence to point us here and there until we find some available convent, rectory, or retreat house. Actually much of the work is not moving things in but moving things out . This can take weeks, generally months, of peeling, scraping and sanding.