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 continue through Vespers (5:30 PM), concluded with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
Homily for the Solemnity of Mary, 1 January, 2014
Readings: Numbers 6:17-22; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 2:16-21 I don’t think it’s unusual for people of our age to have grown up with some fantastic associations with Mary and devotion to her. There were schedules of Marian prayers believed to insure a death accompanied by a priest and the final sacraments, as there were titles and […]
Humility According to the Rule of St. Benedict (3)
I have been considering humility in the Rule of St. Benedict and have been locating it in the Holy Scriptures. Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family whom we find described in Scripture. But the Holy Family of Joseph, Mary and Jesus exist in their own right and as multi-dimensional human beings, exhibiting […]
The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Wednesday, 1 January, 2014
The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. James presiding and preaching. It is a non-work day and the community follows the Sunday schedule; Benediction of the Most Blessed sacrament will follow Vespers (5:30 PM).
Updating Posts
It had been my custom–inconsistent at times–to update the Word from the Abbot and Featured Post on Sundays. However, I’ve been cooking every other Sunday this month and a Sunday meal in the monastery, as in any family, is a special meal. The extra preparation is complicated by leaving the kitchen at 11:00 AM to […]
Feast of the Holy Family, 29 December, 2013
The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Vincent Collins presiding and preaching.
Homily from the Christmas Day Mass
Readings: Isaiah 52:7-10; Hebrews 1:1-6; John 1:1-5, 9-14 If it is something of a cliche to characterize Christmas as joyful, cliches exist for good reasons! It may also be commonplace to distinguish joy from happiness; that, too, is valid, though there’s no reason why joy can’t spill over into happiness. I pray that is our […]
Abbot Robert’s Christmas Homily
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone forth. For the grace of God has appeared… To shepherds in the field watching their sheep, the angel of the Lord appeared…and the glory of the Lord shone around them…and suddenly a multitude […]
Christmas Schedule
Tuesday, 24 December: 8:00 PM. A Recital of Carols sung by Madeline MacNeil 8:30 PM. Christmas Mass Wednesday, 25 December: 11:00 AM. Christmas Day Mass We follow a Sunday schedule and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament will follow Vespers (5:30 PM) on Christmas Day.
Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 7:10-14; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-24 The Sunday Mass Readings for Advent seem to shift perspective. We began with our eye on eternity, specifically, final judgment. That seems to continue through the Second Sunday with this difference: the voice of John the Baptist, speaking in historical time, warns us of future judgment but we are […]