Mepkin Abbey (Chapter and Verse)

		WINTER 2003 Reflections from Mepkin Abbey Guide Us Into the Way of Peace

Chapter and Verse is a quarterly publication offering reflections from the Abbey. If you are interested in receiving a copy please contact us at: 1098 Mepkin Abbey Road Moncks Corner, South Carolina 29461 Telephone: 843.761.8509 Fax: 843.761.6719		Letter to a Novice ‘As we pray to Him, we ask to be able to live His Gospel and the teaching of His church in times which seem impossible to us, but which are no less challenging than His own.’ Faith, Hope and Love in Time of Crisis ‘Admittedly, we have an immense crisis at hand. But if so, it carries the promise of immense graces — to be revealed in God’s own time.’ Signs of a New Direction ‘Part of what must happen is to let go of our ideas about a second-class, passive laity. The shock of clerical sex abuse will have helped some people to do just that.’

Photos in this issue by A Monk of Mepkin Abbey