The painted glass window, photographed below, is at the Monastery of Our Lady of Solitude (La Soledad) in Mexico, near the town of San Miguel de Allende. The monks there are part of Christ in Desert, and working towards being an autonomous monastery one day. For now they are still what is called a “dependent monastery” of Christ in the Desert.
The window, some five feet tall, depicts the story from the life of Saint Benedict, when he and his sister, Scholastica, who was a nun, are having their last conversation near Monte Cassino, shortly before her death. This would have been about the year 547 AD.
To prolong their meeting, Scholastica prays for rain, which quickly comes, and so strong that it becomes impossible for Benedict to cut off the conversation with his sister.
We are offering our prayers for more rain, and trusting it will come sooner or later.
With our prayers and greetings,
Abbot Christian and the monks
