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  • Abbot Patrick Barry, O.S.B.

    “To their fellow monks they show the pure love of brothers; to God, loving fear; to their abbot, unfeigned and humble love.” – Rule of St. Benedict, Chapter 72


    Way, way beyond, beyond cool
    You ease along at your own pace
    Letting life come to you
    Living your life according to the Rule
    Each day a gift, gift received
    And given back to the Giver of all good things
    That crooked smile and all the while
    Those eyes, oh those eyes ALIVE
    Forever young and fired, fired
    By the soul of Ireland
    By the soul of Ireland

    Abbot Patrick Barry, O.S.B.

    Gerard Garrigan, O.S.B. is a Benedictine monk of Saint Louis Abbey.

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