FEAST OF POPE SIXTUS II, martyr, and companions Cajetan, priest
Some people may be wondering what the topics I have posted lately have to do with "Life in the Hermitage." Fair question.
Living in the hermitage in semi-cloister (which means that I do interact with the outside world and do ministry) is like living in an enclosure with a big picture window to the world. From the silence and seclusion of the hermitage, free from office politics, keeping up with the Joneses, and other worldly intrusions, a hermit can look out with a kind of clarity that others may not always have.
Without the usual cares of domestic life and the world a hermit can focus upon evaluation the state of our society from the Catholic worldview with the precision of a scalpel. All Catholics are called to do this, but life concerns can get in the way sometimes. Thus, someone needs to specialize on using the Catholic worldview to test the concerns of man and his world.
This is the advantage of a hermitage or monastery. We are in position to offer this pure insight without the fetters of worldly measures.
Your miserable servant,
Brother Bubba
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