Message
from
+Abbas Anthony
Grace and Peace,
WE have a vision.
It is not a great vision that we have, or even one that comes close
to the visions of great men and women of God like Dr. Billy Graham
or the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI , or Mother Theresa of
Calcutta, or that of someone like a Dr. Jerry Falwell, or whomever
you consider to have had a vision for God.
No, ours is not a
"big" vision with a lot of fanfare that will take millions of
dollars to build, so, we work to build slowly, for God (we have
found) makes haste slowly. Ours is a vision, nonetheless, that
resides and grows within the little place where God has placed us in
the eastern portion of the State of Montana.
Ever since I was
a child, I dreamed of being here in the "place" that God ordained
that we knew in our heart that we would be placed... a Place that
followed us no matter where we were in HIM. "The Hermitage within"
has been a constant internal reality for this little soul. We are
blessed to have such assurances and the sensus spiritualis that
speaks to the heart of the "ought ness" of doing this or that in the
Beloved.
Blessed be my
Beloved Christ Jesus, Lord and God, for this Mercy shown to this
sinner.
It is NOT for
anything that I have done, but purely by God's Everlasting Grace
toward this sinner.
Why do I write to
you?
I appeal for your
prayers and ask that you simply remember us as the Lord leads you.
The work here needs your prayers and money in order to progress to
the completion of the facilities we envision over the next ten
years. Therefore, as the Lord might "...purpose in your heart...,"
just follow HIS leading and not our pleadings.
We report that
our little work at the Nashua property will be fairly well ready to
receive visitors by July 2009; but the acreage will not be ready for
more than five years hence to receive folks on retreat, unless we
are able to advance financially to bring things to the status of
"ready".
We encourage you
to submit prayer requests for us to remember during the Divine
Office (of Lauds and Vespers, daily). We are pleased to do this,
because this is what we do... believing that God does indeed and
truth answer prayer.
May God, our
Father, bless you through our Lord Jesus Christ, His Son,
Your servant,
+Abbas Anthony
R.D. Curley, OSB/BCSA/ TH.D
President
St. Anthony House
School of Biblical Theology
Schola Sancti Anthonii Domusque Studiorum Bibliorum
Monastery of Mary in the Wilderness
P.O. Box 24
Nashua, Montana 59248
406-746-3205
Nihil amori
Christi praeponere