Welcome to the Bon Secours Retreat & Conference Center’s blog! This blog will extend our retreat ministry by bringing prayers and reflections into your home ‘retreat’. Many of our presenters and staff share their homilies, favorite prayers and reflections through this medium. We encourage you to comment, pass it along to friends or simply take a moment to pray with us. We hope that this will serve as a moment during your day when you can ‘retreat with us’.
Today we return to Fr. Michael Schleupner's series on spiritual wellness as he highlights the wellness benefits of humility. This is the 13th post in the series. You can scroll through our older posts to read more, if you'd like. Let's take a few quiet moments to reflect on these thoughts. Spiritual Wellness - 13 Be Humble Dear Friends, Being humble does not mean that we beat ourselves up or put ourselves down. It does not mean that we deny…
The Savior who died in our stead, now has risen from the dead, The Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, from that grave to New Life, Those who saw Him could rejoice, praising God with one voice, In light that He now has risen, Eternal Life to us, God has given. Christ, who died for all man’s sin, now in power can reign within, In every Believer, in their heart, once residing, He will not depart, New Life, He gives to…
Happy Easter! We hope that you are filled with joy of the resurrection of Jesus today and always. Alleluia! Do not be afraid; for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here; for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. ~Matthew 28:5-6 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live," ~John 11:25 Draw…
The Seven Last Words Mark Strand 1 The story of the end, of the last word of the end, when told, is a story that never ends. We tell it and retell it — one word, then another until it seems that no last word is possible, that none would be bearable. Thus, when the hero of the story says to himself, as to someone far away, ‘Forgive them, for they know not what they do,’ we may feel that…
Tomorrow marks the beginning of a very special, sacred time at the Retreat & Conference Center, our Easter Triduum Retreat. Over 50 guests will gather for this silent retreat, punctuated by inspiring retreat presentations and dialogue, quiet time in private prayer, and poignant liturgies. Please pray for our leaders who have put so much planning into the retreat and liturgies. Members of the local community are invited to attend our liturgies too (7:30pm on Holy Thursday, 3pm on Good Friday,…
Palm Sunday Call to WorshipJesus is coming! From the mountainside, from the seaside, from the homes of the rich and the company of the poor, from the bedside of those who are sick, Jesus is coming! Along dusty roads, with a ragged band of travelers, Jesus comes to Jerusalem, Will we greet him with Hosannas?Let’s pray: We have come to meet you today, Jesus. We don’t know quite what to expect. We think we know what we need, how you…
Fr. Michael Schleupner offers another post full of resources to improve or maintain our spiritual wellness and draws from Mary's example. To read Fr. Michael's other posts in this series, we invite you to scroll through our blog too. Spiritual Wellness - 12Be Open Dear Friends, The Merriam-Webster Dictionary lists twenty different meanings for the word open. So, when saying that to Be Open is one of the ingredients of Spiritual Wellness, it is important to define what this means. The closest definition in the…
Our hearts are broken after hearing about the recent school shooting in Nashville. We pray that we do not become numb to these ongoing reports and that we all pray for peace and act for justice. Please take a few quiet moments to join our voices in prayer for peace. A Prayer for Peace We are moulded, each one of us, in the image of God, and within our souls there is a fingerprint none can erase. We pray for…
Brothers and sisters: Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is alive because of righteousness. If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from…
Fr. Michael Schleupner offers another inspiring post in his Spiritual Wellness series today. This may not be something that we have thought to be important for our spiritual wellness before, but it can really make a difference! What form of art inspires you the most? Comment and share with us! Spiritual Wellness - 11 Appreciate Beauty Dear Friends, Things of beauty can lift our spirit. They take us into the realm of the spiritual. They connect us with the Spirit…
