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I missed this!!

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Yep, I missed blogging…  I know I didn’t blog as often as I should have been, and I didn’t say much when I did blog, but I missed it!!

Entries might be infrequent again, as I am now back in college, going for a Bachelors and then a Masters in Theology, but that may add fodder to the postings as well, which may be good!

I have been living out in the country for the past nine months and am loving it out here.  One down side of living out here, which is actually a good side is my cell phone doesn’t work out here, so I only have a “land line”.  I put “land line” in quotes, as it is actually a VoIP phone and not your typical land line.  The fifteenish acres I live on is quite, and pretty.  I get visited by deer and many other animals, including all the neighbor dogs.  I do have a house mate, Tiggr the cat:

Tiggr(I am in blue jeans as it was laundry day when I took this picture.)  Tiggr likes sleeping/lying between my legs when I’m on my recliner reading.  She was giving herself a bath when I took this picture and looked up to “smile for the camera”.

Oh, and I now have a beard, and no hair on top of the head!! 🙂 :

BrDonBell

Although it is longer and fuller than that now. 🙂

Anyway, prayfully there will be more frequent updates from here on out!

In Christ,

Brother Don

 

 

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Eight Months Later

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Hello Folks!

So, I am back!!  It has been a fast and busy eight months since this board was up and since I was active on the blog.  The reason for this is adjusting to my new life and getting things in order.  I think I am there now.

I am living the life of a Hermit now, spending about 10 hours a day in prayer, and the rest of the day studying Philosophy or Catholic Theology.  And at the end of this month that study becomes formal in that I am going back to school to get a Bachelors and prayerfully a Masters after that in Theology.  I have the books and have started my studies this week, but officially don’t start until the 28th of this month…

I will be back to posting here more frequently now, and I look forward to chatting and catching up with you all!

Brother Don

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Continue Changes in Life!

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Yep, more changes in my life!

I am in the first stages of moving fully into the life of a Diocesan Hermit.  By that I mean, I am living the Rule of life, but must live it for six month to two years under Private Vows at which time, if I am living the Rule correctly I will give my Public Vows through the Church.

This is part of why I have been silent for the past few months, but also because I was moving into the country near a Catholic Church (in the same Dioceses and with the same Priest), and several other events in my transition process.

What does this change mean for me?  Well, my days are now spent in prayer, contemplation/meditation, reading from the Doctors of the Church, reading the Bible, and work about the Church and Hermitage.  MOST of my day is spent in prayer, contemplation and studying the Word and works of the Church.  What a GREAT way to spend the day.

It also means I will not be out and about anymore, except on Saturdays to shop, etc.  No more movies (HARD one for me!  Love my movies!  (My mom will like this probably!!  She thinks I watch too many I think!), no more going to friends, etc.  I get out for Mass at Saint Joseph’s and Our Lady of Fatima (on Saturdays), but the rest of the time is at the Hermitage or Saint Mary’s Catholic Church next door (of which I have keys for).

Contact info for me remains the same, except the cell phone, which remains the same but doesn’t work where I now live, however, I will not be answering emails, the phone or the door on Fridays.  This is a day of silence for me.  A better email for me is Br.Don@brothersreconciliation.org.

In Christ,

Brother Don

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