Wednesday, January 1, 2020 9:45 AM          Office of Terce 10:00 AM         New Year’s day Mass celebrating Mary Mother of God PLEASE NOTE: The Gift Shop will be closed on New Year’s Day

This year the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is being transferred to Monday, December 9. Accordingly, Monday’s Holy Mass will be celebrated at 10.00 a.m. (and not at 7.30). The monks will be following the basic Sunday schedule.

‘God, you know my folly,’ and ‘Your eyes see all my guilt.’  Lord my God, you know, and you have made me know, and your eyes have seen and you have not hidden it from my eyes.  For I know, in the light of your revelation, how much I lack in perfection and knowledge, and […]

Abbot Joseph and the Community wish you all a very blessed Thanksgiving and thank you for your kind good wishes for this special day of the year. Please be aware that Holy Mass on Thanksgiving Day will be celebrated at 10.00 a.m. and we will be following the basic Sunday Schedule. Also, note that the […]

My king and my God – God, love and joy – my soul and my heart are jubilant to you.  My heart desires to greet, praise, magnify, and bless you, life of my soul, my God – God living and true, fountain of sempiternal light …    And with what will I reward you, my […]

Friday, 1 November, is the Solemnity of All Saints. The community Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 AM, as on a Sunday. Please Note: THE GIFT SHOP WILL BE CLOSED ON FRIDAY NOV 1 and reopen on Saturday morning Nov 2. Saturday, 2 November, is All Souls Day. Weather permitting, the office of None, at […]

And I beseech you, brothers, let us stand upon our watch, because now is the time of soldiery.  Let not our conversion be on the dunghill of this wretched body, but in the heart where Christ dwells.  Let our conversion be on the judgment and counsel of reason, so that we do not rely so […]

There is another arrow:  the living and active word of God that cuts more keenly than any two-edged sword, of which our Savior said:  “I have not come to send peace but the sword.”  “A polished arrow” too is that special love of Christ, which not only pierced Mary’s soul but penetrated through and through, […]

Please note that the Gift Shop will be closed this Thursday, August 15 in honor of the Solemnity of the Assumption. The Gift Shop will reopen on Friday morning, August 16, at 10.00 a.m.

I am now able to see what I must seek for and receive before I may hope to attain to a higher and holier state.  I do not wish to be suddenly on the heights, my desire is to advance by degrees.  The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of […]