Fr Damian's Spiritual Theology Notes

There are plenty of good resources to read if you want to find out more about Benedictine Spirituality. Jordan Aumann covers St Benedict himself on pp58-61 of   "Christian Spirituality in the Catholic Tradition" , while chapter 5 (beginning on p69) covers how Benedictine Spirituality developed in the following centuries. Pope Benedict XVI chose his papal name at least in part because of St Benedict and he came back to the subject of St Benedict and his spirituality on a number of occasions: General Audience , 9th April 2008 Homily at Montecassino , 24th May 2009 Verbum Domini [chapter 86,87 on Lectio Divina] On the subject of Lectio Divina, here's how a really cool priest introduces it: Meanwhile here's a more in-depth study from Fr Cassian Folsom of the Benedictine community in Norcia. The monks of Silverstream Priory in Co. Meath are a new Benedictine foundation.  Their blog Vultus Christi includes regular excerpts from the Rule of Ben

You have to be enormously careful when looking for resources on Celtic spirituality.  A lot of what is published is negative towards Catholicism, some of it is very influenced by new age thought, and some is downright pagan! A rule of thumb would be that if the work you're looking at doesn't mention the importance of penance in the Celtic tradition then they're not too close to the early sources. This article  Celtic Spirituality: Just what does it mean? is a good balanced introduction to the subject by Fr Liam Tracey OSM. St Patrick's own writings (the Confessio and the Letter to Coroticus ) can be found online here . If you're interested in buying a book with the original texts from the early Irish and Welsh Church then the "Celtic Spirituality " instalment from The Classics of Western Spirituality series is the place to go. Jordan Aumann doesn't go into too much detail about this subject, but he does have a wee bit on Irish Monasticism o