Brother Mark Dohle | The Christian Review

My Bickering Spirit Is Healed By a Breaking Heart

Posted by Brother Mark Dohle | Mar 15, 2017 | Faith, Featured, Popes, Spirituality |

I have no answers on how to deal with the seeming cultural surrender to endless bickering. I do know that when this happens, those on both sides, in the end, only wound themselves and destroy their inner peace.

Pope Francis and the Lives of Others

Posted by Brother Mark Dohle | Mar 13, 2017 | Bishops, Catholic Church, Faith, Featured, Popes, Spirituality |

The world has always been a rough, messy, cruel, going-to-hell-in-a hand-basket kind of place, yet Christ Jesus came to us, loves us, and when we pray we are to open up our hearts to all

Absolute Nakedness Before God – Ash Wednesday 2017

Posted by Brother Mark Dohle | Feb 28, 2017 | Faith, Featured, Liturgy, Spirituality |

So yes, Ash Wednesday brings me face to face with the depth of faith and the pull of unbelief.

An Encounter with Jesus Christ at Waffle House

Posted by Brother Mark Dohle | Jan 28, 2017 | Faith, Featured, Spirituality |

When I first saw him, my impulse was to label him: ‘Drunk’ and ‘drug addict’ came to mind. But I caught myself and tried to encounter him as a simple human being, the same as me. Labels protect us from the messy humanity of others.

The So-Called 60s Revolution: A Trappist Looks Back

Posted by Brother Mark Dohle | Jun 16, 2016 | America, Culture, Ethics, Featured, History |

I remember when Jimmy Hendrix and Janis the King and Queen of Rock, who both died from the lifestyles that they embraced and in pretty much the same manner, just weeks apart. Two great talents dead at an early age because they bought into a world view that was in the end destructive, not only to themselves but to others.

Dealing With Death In a Monastic Community

Posted by Brother Mark Dohle | May 16, 2016 | Catholic Church, Family, Featured, Friendship, Spirituality |

Fr. Anthony died yesterday, peacefully, who was a young man when I entered, only 42 or 43. He was not always easy to get along with, but underneath his gruff exterior was a very kind and gentle soul. He was a poet and a writer and he had a powerful influence on many people.

The Image and Likeness of God Beyond Cliché

Posted by Brother Mark Dohle | Mar 2, 2016 | Catholic Church, Faith, Featured, Spirituality, Theology |

Life does have a way of bringing us to a point of revelation where from that point on our understanding of life, our reason for being here, and the importance of developing a trusting and loving relationship with God becomes more central. We discover something that was lacking.

From the Monastery of the Holy Spirit Comes a Book for Christmas

Posted by Brother Mark Dohle | Dec 3, 2015 | Books, Faith, Featured, Spirituality |

Once we understand that all is seen, we learn that there is no need to try hide from God, or from ourselves, from what lies within our souls.

The Man With a Prayer Shawl

Posted by Brother Mark Dohle | Aug 10, 2015 | Faith, Featured, Liturgy, Manners, Psychology, Spirituality |

I am here because I am weaker than others, more fragmented, and this is a healing place for me. It is for others who come here for retreat or just a place to pray and to heal. They have no idea what they do for us, the monks.