Fr. Lorenzo, OSB

Benedictine priest of @SaintMeinrad | Licentiate in Sacred Liturgy (SLL) | Doctoral Candidate at @CatholicUniv

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#Cardinals in line to take an oath on the Book of Gospels before the #conclave

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#Cardinals in the Synod Hall

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#Cardinals concelebrating at St. Peter’s Basilica

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Another picture of #cardinals

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Some of the #cardinal electors / #papabili

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A week from today (on May 7), the #conclave to elect the next pope will begin. I recently had a vision of #cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel. I’m glad that @CatholicUniv is represented

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Today is the feast day of my patron #StLawrence, deacon and martyr. Here is my digital sketch of the altar area of St. Lawrence Outside-the-Walls, built over the saint’s remains. #SanLorenzo #SanLorenzoFuoriLeMura

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View this evening. #VisitSaintMeinrad

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Check out my article in the July 2023 issue of @PriestMagazine: https://t.co/2e6mbwT6ob

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This Holy Week (Wed 4/5 thru Easter Sun 4/9), I invite you to consider making a retreat at @SaintMeinrad. My retreat titled “Taken, Blessed, Broken, and Given” is open to everyone, especially those suffering and in need of the Lord’s healing: https://t.co/WViIXjLOlr

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@GM_OSB recounts his vocation story, and what led him to become a monk of Saint Meinrad.
#saintmeinrad #vocations
https://t.co/B8fuPOxyVA

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“To retrace in our mind the decisive moments of encounter with [Jesus], to renew our first love, perhaps writing down our love story with the Lord - this would be good for our consecrated life, so that it does not become a time that passes by, but rather a time of encounter.”

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On this day in 2019 (4 years ago already!), I attended my first papal Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica. It was a celebration of consecrated life (sisters, brothers, priests in various religious orders). In his homily, Pope Francis reminded us…

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@MonkSimonOSB Awesome! Speaking of slowing down, I made this calligraphy card for Br. Michael from Fr. Abbot’s homily on his solemn profession

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@DebWehri Thank you! That means a lot to me. I’m doing well. I hope things are going well for you. God bless!

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Five years ago today I was naturalized as a U.S. citizen. Absolutely unbelievable how quickly time flies! Grateful for all the blessings, yet in all of these, the Scripture passage that keeps coming back to me is Philippians 3:20

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“But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.”

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@FrHilderbrand Ma dai! È la lingua più bella del mondo!

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And fun fact: A few weeks ago, @MonkSimonOSB and other monks and coworkers attended #SEEK23. While there they collected ~800 prayer request cards. Today we are placing them in front of our shrine and relic of St Meinrad, offering them to the Lord through his intercession

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Today here at @SaintMeinrad, we celebrate our patronal feast, the 9th cent. hermit #StMeinrad, “Martyr of Hospitality,” who even though thieves wanted to kill him (thinking he was hiding treasures in his hermitage) still fed them and offered them prayers and kindness

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Today we especially pray for @AbtUrban and the monks of our motherhouse, @AbteiEinsiedeln, as well as for our Benedictine #Oblates, who live out our charism of hospitality in the world