The path on which we must meet with salvation and the Savior, just as it must not be darkened through ignorance of the truth, so it should not be slippery from inconstancy at work. Yet like Balaam, who fell down with his eyes open, so we too see with wide-open eyes because of knowledge while we fall from […]

Please keep Fr. Malachy in your prayers; he had to be taken to the emergency room on Friday evening and was admitted to Winchester Medical Center for observation. Fr. Malachy celebrated his eightieth birthday a few years ago and has been suffering all the limitations of his age.

The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Vincent Collins presiding and preaching. Because it is the First Sunday of the Month, Eucharist Adoration will begin at 4:00 PM and continue through Vespers. Vespers will conclude with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. All are invited to begin this Advent with us for […]

This Saturday evening we celebrate the First Vespers of the First Sunday of Advent. The First candle of the Advent wreath will be lit and we begin the new Liturgical Year. This is more than a preparation for Christmas or commemorating the anniversary of the birth of Christ. We are again entering into the mystery […]

The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes, presiding and preaching. Second Vespers of the Solemnity will be chanted at 5:30 PM, immediately followed by Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament (approximately 5:50 PM)

Next Sunday is the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, the culmination of salvation history. Christ is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the firstborn of the dead, the sovereign over all earthly rulers. In our day, we seem to witness the collapse of so much that our human […]

Our National Observance of Thanksgiving will be celebrated as a non-work day at Holy Cross Abbey. The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM as on a Sunday; Abbot Robert Barnes will preside and Fr. James Orthmann will preach. Our liturgical vocabulary is, of course, derived from New Testament Greek, “Eucharist” from the word for “thanksgiving”. […]

The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. James Orthmann presiding and preaching.

Due to unforseen circumstances there are now TEN rooms available at the Retreat House for the weekend of 16-18 November. Because of the late date, if you make a reservation now for one of those rooms no deposit is required. To take advantage of those available spaces and make a reservation, please call Carol at 540-955-4383 or email […]

It won’t come as a surprise to some of you who are reading this that there are things we do, physical things, that seem to quiet us. Those of you who practice hatha yoga are aware of how quiet your mind becomes when you concentrate on your balance or breathing as you move through an asana. Some […]