The first of this three series blog entitled Reawakening our Origins, Greg Valerio begins to explore why a fresh look at monastic ecclesiology is needed in the new modern landscape of western orthodoxy. Social breakdown, climate crisis and the neo-liberal economic settlement has led to a hollowing out of spiritual integrity. The Celtic Christian way has much to say by way of filling this existential void.
In this Society of St. Columba series on the characteristics of prayer, Greg Valerio explores the nature of our spiritual journey to Paradise. Are we traveling the wide road or the narrow path. He reflects on St. Columba's simple injunction to pray as the foundation for the spiritual journey to the Paradise of the Soul.