the monastery

Tony's story.

"God meant nothing to me. He was an old geezer with a beard in illustrated text books or comedy sketches."

"And within a few days I was engaging in the Monastic process from the heart, inspired by this intangible and inexplicable thing which is faith, and love of God, expressed through prayer"

"About three weeks in I'd had enough. It wasn't exciting anymore. I was emotionally drained, physically fatigued and becoming disillusioned with the whole thing.

...And the Abbot told me that God would talk to me if I listened with my heart. What the hell does that mean?"

"Later I had a strange sensation in church. The feeling of falling in love and the butterflies which go with it.

Then, mid-way through my last conversation with my mentor Brother Francis, I was hit by something I'll never forget. It was like I'd taken a new drug and felt paralysed and unable to speak. It lasted about a minute.

Worth changed my life.

God exists.

My god exists, anyway. And as Brother Francis said to me that night, 'Never try and explain away the mystery of God.'"

Great program, great stories of real people. Well done the monks and Abbot of Worth Abbey.

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