Readings: Acts 5:12-16; Revelation 1:9-13, 17-19; John 1:9-13, 17-19 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Vincent Collins presiding and preaching. The Second Sunday of Easter concludes the Easter Octave and was formerly known as Low Sunday. Pope John Paul II designated it as Divine Mercy Sunday. It is also the First […]
Openings available at the Retreat House 27 April through 1 May
We now have more rooms available at the Retreat House for the end of April. Please contact Carol to make your reservation for 27 April through 1 May by telephoning at 540-955-4383, Monday through Friday during regular work hours. Or you may contact her by email at: information@hcava.org
The Paschal Vigil, 26 March, 2016
The Readings: Genesis 1:1-2:2; Genesis 22:1-18; Exodus 14:15-15:1; Isaiah 55:1-11; Romans 6:3-22; Luke 24:1-12 The Paschal Vigil begins at 8:30 PM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding and preaching. The Vigil begins with the blessing of the new Fire and the Paschal Candle which continues burning at the Liturgy through Pentecost Sunday. The Liturgy of the Word […]
A last word…
This is actually the final follow-up to that Merton talk last year. To think we observed that anniversary year of Thomas Merton the week of the terrorist attack in Paris and I’m finally concluding this after the attack in Brussels! That speaks volumes about the wounded world we live in. Do I want to live as […]
Good Friday, 25 March, 2016
The celebration of Good Friday supplants the calendar Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Incarnation to the Virgin Mary. The Solemnity of the Annunciation is transferred this year to Monday, 4 April. At Holy Cross Abbey, the Good Friday Psalter begins at 11:00 AM; guests are invited to participate with the community. The service lasts at […]
Sunday of the Lord’s Passion (Palm Sunday), 20 March, 2016
Readings: Luke 19:28-40 [Processional Gospel]; Isaiah 50:4-7; Philippians 2:6-11; Luke 22:14-23:56 [Passion Gospel] The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding. The celebration begins with the distribution and blessings of palms, commemorating Jesus triumphal entrance into Jerusalem. The Celebration begins in the Chapter Room; monks will direct you from the […]
The Solemnity of St. Joseph, 19 March, 2016
Readings: 2 Samuel 7:4-5, 12-14, 16; Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22; Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24 The community Mass is celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Joseph Wittstock presiding and preaching. We follow the Sunday schedule so Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament will follow Vespers (5:30 PM)
Available Rooms at the Retreat House in April
About eight rooms have opened up at the Retreat House for the second weekend in April, Friday, 8 April though Sunday, 10 April. That’s definitely the spring and the season of budding trees and warmer temperatures to enjoy God’s glorious creation outdoors. It’s the Easter Season. Could there be any better time to take a […]
Holy Week Schedule at Holy Cross Abbey, 2016
24 through 27 March: THE SACRED TRIDUUM Friday, 25 March: Good Friday–4:30 PM–Good Friday Service with the celebration of the Lord’s Passion according to St. John, Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion Saturday, 26 March: Holy Saturday–8:30 PM: Paschal Vigil with Blessing of the Paschal fire, Vigils Readings, Mass and Renewal of Baptismal Vows […]
Fr. James’ Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Lent
Readings: Isaiah 43:16-21; Philippians 3:8-14; John 8:1-11 Today’s Gospel is very beautiful, very challenging but emerges from a sinister background before the narrative begins. I’m ready to concede that these scribes and Pharisees are upright, uptight men and not hypocrites. But if they were able to catch this woman in the act of adultery, how […]