Readings: Isaiah 7:10-14, 8:10; Hebrews 10:4-10; Luke 1:26-38 The community Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 AM, Fr. James presiding and preaching. Because the date of the Solemnity (25 March) fell on Palm Sunday, its celebration has been “translated” to the day after the Easter Octave. It is a non-work day for the monastic community […]

Readings: Acts 4:32-35; 1 John 5:1-6; John 20:19-31 The community Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 AM, Fr. Vincent Collins presiding and preaching.

Readings: Acts 10:34, 37-43; Colossians 3:1-4; John 20:1-9 Why are those closest to Jesus so disoriented on the morning of the resurrection? Hadn’t Jesus foretold his rising from the dead? It’s as if they don’t remember what Jesus said. Isn’t memory tricky? Anyone over sixty knows that! And the older I grow, I’m more interested […]

The very practical and simple question Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome ask: Who will roll back the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb, is one that these two faithful and brave disciples don’t actually have an answer to as they approach the tomb. And yet, their grieving […]

It has often struck me as a strange and seemingly unnecessary instruction for the Israelites to mark their doorposts and lintels with the blood of the lamb so that the Lord seeing the blood might pass over their homes and not destroy their firstborn. When one thinks back to the various plagues, the land of […]