Here at Saint Meinrad, today we celebrate our patronal feast, honoring the 9th century hermit, St. Meinrad. He is called a “Martyr of Hospitality” because even though thieves wanted to kill him (thinking he was hiding treasures in his hermitage), he still fed them and offered them prayers and kindness.

Today we especially pray for the monks of our motherhouse in Switzerland, Kloster Einsiedeln, as well as for our Benedictine #Oblates, who live out our charism of hospitality in the world

Also, fun fact: A few weeks ago, some of our monks and coworkers attended the #SEEK23 conference. While there, they collected around 800 prayer request cards. Today we are placing a glass vase with these cards in front of our shrine and relic of St. Meinrad, offering them to the Lord through his intercession
@liturgeologist and when a thief steals your coat, offer him also your shirt….