Readings: Exodus 16:2-4, 12-23; Ephesians 4:17, 20-14; John 6: 24-35 Last Sunday we began chapter six of St. John’s Gospel. Those who like to reflect on the Mass Readings beforehand may have noticed that a switch has just taken place in the readings. This year we are listening to Mark’s Gospel. But in these next […]
Fruit Cake Baking Resumes at Holy Cross Abbey
After starts and stops, delays and complications, fruit cake baking was resumed last week. Finding merchants who could supply all the ingredients needed was the main tie-up. Abbot Robert and Bakery Manager, Jerry Reid, began with two small experimental batches to get used to the new oven. On their first attempt, the oven wouldn’t work. It turned out that […]
A Word From The Cistercian Fathers For August
At that time, there were many who welcomed Jesus in the flesh and ate and drank with him; but because they did not welcome him in spirit, they remained in their misery. The blessed Mary herself, whose glorious assumption we are celebrating, was beyond doubt blessed because she welcomed the Son of God in body; […]
How the Special Afternoon Event on 1 August Unfolded
As had been announced last week, Holy Cross Abbey held a special reception to introduce friends of the Abbey to the Film Project, Saving Grace, Saving Place, beginning with a Mass at 2:30 PM. Abbot Robert Barnes celebrated the Mass with Fr. Maurice concelebrating and Br. Efrain serving as acolyte. Abbot Robert welcomed our guests–42 had […]
Eighteenth Sunday, Year B, 2 August, 2015
Readings: Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15; Ephesians 4:17, 20-14; John 6:24-35 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding and preaching. It is the First Sunday of the month and Eucharistic Adoration will begin at 4:00 PM and conclude with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament after Vespers (5:30 PM). All are […]
“Saving Grace, Saving Place”, a special event at Holy Cross Abbey
Saturday afternoon, 1 August at 2:30 PM, a Mass will be offered by Abbot Robert Barnes for guests interested in supporting the film-in-progress, Saving Grace, Saving Place. The film by filmmaker and producers, George Patterson and Deidra Dain traces the Abbey’s commitment to sustainable stewardship of the environment. The Mass will be followed by a […]
26 July, 2015, Seventeenth Sunday, Year B
Readings: 2 Kings 4:42-44; Ephesians 4:1-6; John 6:1-15 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Vincent Collins presiding and preaching. The webmaster will be on retreat this week and posts will be sparse until next month.
Rooms Available in the Retreat House this Weekend
We unexpectedly have rooms available for occupancy in the Retreat House this weekend. If you had inquired earlier and couldn’t get a room this weekend or if you just realize that you could use a retreat right as soon as possible, or if you’ve just stumbled across this site for the first time and can get away, […]
The Hierarchical Churches and the Environment: Laudato Si, Part Four
Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si, did not come out of a vacuum. As I’d noted in the first post, clear references to our relationship to and responsibility for the condition of the natural world first appear in the Papal teaching of Pope Paul VI; Pope John Paul II certainly referred explicitly to our environmental responsibilities and the […]
Available Openings at the Retreat House
We still have good availability for retreats on Weekends through August and September. The first weekend, 14 to 16 August encompasses the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary with Solemn First Vespers (5:30 PM) sung Friday evening and the Sung Mass on Saturday; Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament follows Second Vespers of the Feast on […]