The Seraphic Order

 

"The prophecies say that the day will come when the religious will throw off their habits and move from their poor hermitages in the woods into large houses in the cities, and that seculars will pick up their habits and move away from the materialism of the city back into the gospel poverty of the hermitages in the country. There is no doubt that this is again happening today. Let us be open to the Spirit's calling of all people into the Seraphic Order of a monasticism of the future!"

John Michael Talbot

HERMITAGE

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Come Away By Yourselves To A Deserted Place And Rest Awhile

"Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest awhile" 

(Mark 6:30-34)

If ministry does not flow from real contemplation and prayer it is powerless! If we contemplate only to gain power in ministry we still run the risk of ego-driven ministry. We must pray and contemplate only for God and our salvation. Then we may give what we have been given in Christ to others, and lead them back to contemplative prayer."

John Michael Talbot

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The Religious Have Thrown Off Their Habits

The prophesies say that the day will come when the religious will throw off their habits and move from their poor hermitages in the woods into large houses in the cities, and that seculars will pick up their habits and move away from the materialism of the city back into the gospel poverty of the hermitages in the country. There is no doubt that this is again happening today.

John Michael Talbot
HERMITAGE
Chapter 12