Retreats are not are novelty to most Americans today. If at one time, the idea of a retreat was associated with spiritual disciplines and religious affiliation, those connections are a thing of the past. When I was a young adult I remember the emergence of meditation retreats and yoga retreats; AA retreats, of course; feminist […]
Reflections on the New Evangelization
From a Chapter Talk by Abbot Robert When St. John Paul II announced the Jubilee of the Third Millennium in 2000, he proclaimed a new evangelization. His diminishing health slowed down the thrust of his promulgation which he had hoped to promote. Just a year and a half ago, Pope Benedict XVI called the Synod […]
Fourth Sunday of Easter, 11 May, 2014
The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Vincent Collins presiding and preaching. Sunday is also the national observance of Mother’s Day; our mothers, living and deceased, will be remembered in the Sunday liturgy.
Openings in the Guest House for Summer Reservations
If you ever wanted to get away from the city during July and August or wanted to get to a beautiful country spot during those months; if you ever wished you had taken some days of quiet reflection during your vacation, then there’s good news for you. Holy Cross Abbey’s Retreat House has very good availability for […]
Novice Directors’ Meeting
This past Monday, 5 May, Br. Efrain set out for the Meeting of the United States Trappists’ Novice Directors Meeting. It is being hosted by Genesee Abbey, near Rochester, New York, from 6 through 15 May. So far we have no word back from Br. Efrain but such meetings tend to have packed schedules and it’s his […]
Homily for the Third Sunday of Easter
Readings: Acts 2:14, 22-33; I Peter 1:17-21; Luke 24:13-35 When we read the Gospels of Matthew, Mark or John we often find our own experience in broad strokes, enacted by archetypal figures. But Luke’s Gospel is detailed and each of us could find ourselves in one of his large cast of characters. Some, like Peter […]
Humility According to the Rule of St. Benedict, Part Seven
I began these reflections on humility exploring what the Fear of the Lord is and what it isn’t. In essence that is the First Step of Humility that St. Benedict mentions in Chapter Seven of his Rule. Today I’d like to introduce the Biblical image of the Shekinah, the overshadowing presence of God. In the Lenten […]
Third Sunday of Easter, Year A
The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. James Orthmann preaching and presiding. It is the First Sunday of the month; Eucharistic Adoration will begin at 4:00 PM. All are welcomed to join us.
A Word From The Cistercian Fathers For May
No one is saved without self-knowledge, since it is the source of that humility on which salvation depends, and of the fear of the Lord that is as much the beginning of salvation as of wisdom. No one, I repeat, is saved without that knowledge, provided he is old enough and sane enough to possess […]
Low Sunday or Divine Mercy Sunday, 27 April, 2014
The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Vincent Collins presiding and preaching.