Brother Mark Dohle | The Christian Review

Trying Another Kind of Love

Posted by Brother Mark Dohle | Apr 12, 2017 | Faith, Featured, Spirituality, Theology |

Our lives if spent failing to love others the way God wants us to only leads to more pain, death and destruction. He wants us to try another way.

A Beggar Off I-75, Near the Cleveland Avenue Exit

Posted by Brother Mark Dohle | Mar 27, 2017 | Ethics, Faith, Featured, Spirituality |

He does not try to hide his brokenness, what life has done to him, probably would be honest about his own compliance in letting it happen, if asked.

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.