Readings: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; I Corinthians 5:6b-8; John 20:1-9 Evidently I wasn’t the only one who found this past winter too long and too dreary. It seemed as though it would never end. Although we refer to the weather as a mysterious “it”–for example, “It’s raining”–this winter wasn’t a mystery. We’ve been warned for decades […]
Abbot Robert’s Homily for the Paschal Vigil
Jesus died on the eve of the Jewish Passover before the eyes of all those who beheld him hanging on the cross. His lifeless body, soulless, taken down with grief and raw suffering, was buried in a hole in the earth. A large stone was rolled in place to seal it shut. Jesus was gone. […]
Gift Shop Closed This Week
Please note that the Monastery’s Gift Shop will be closed this entire week. It will not be open for service from 21 April through the coming week; it will re-open Monday, 28 April.
Easter Day Mass
The Easter Day Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding, Fr. James Orthmann preaching. Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament follows Vespers, celebrated at 5:30 PM.
Easter Vigil
The Easter Vigil will be celebrated Saturday evening at 8:30 PM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding and preaching. The Vigil’s longer Liturgy of the Word will be preceded by the blessing of the Paschal Fire and the Paschal Candle and followed by the Renewal of Baptismal Vows.
Washing Feet
These sacred days of our Lord’s Paschal Mystery begin with a meal. Not just any meal but the very Passover meal which Moses commanded the Israelites to commemorate–the covenant of blood that the Lord God made with his Chosen People when he freed them from slavery in Egypt. Now the Son of God has transformed […]
The Good Friday Psalter
A selection of the Psalms will be prayed at 11:00 AM as a form of watching with the Lord in his Passion. The monastic community will be seated by the guest chapel and will lead the prayers; booklets with the psalms are provided for both the monks and our guests and visitors who may join […]
Good Friday Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
The Celebration of the Lord’s Passion will be celebrated at 4:30 PM, Friday, 18 April. The Liturgy of the Word culminates in the solemn reading of the Passion of the Lord according to John followed by the intercessions for the Church and the world. The Adoration of the Cross with the chanted Reproaches follows. The Communion […]
Holy Thursday, 17 April, 2014
The Mass of the Lord’s Supper will be celebrated at 4:30 PM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding and preaching. Throughout the Church, Mass of the Lord’s Supper replaces the Office of Vespers; on Holy Thursdays, communion may be received only in the context of the Bishop’s Chrism Mass in the morning or the Mass of the […]
Once I am lifted up from the earth…
After a ministry of concealing his identity, Jesus allows the people of Jerusalem to greet him as the Messiah on Palm Sunday. There is a real change of direction here., as if we are again picking up the loose threads from his earlier manifestations: his manifestation to the shepherds, that we celebrate at Christmas; or to the Magi, […]