The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM; Fr. James Orthmann will preside and preach. Today’s celebration brings the Christmas Octave to a close, though the liturgical Christmas Season continues through the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (Sunday, 13 January). Because colds are spreading through the community, the Monthly Eucharistic Adoration is being transferred […]
Resolutions for the New Year
Well, it’s that time again…time to examine our health, consider what we will do differently in our relationships, think about this year being a year of change etc. etc. …ah, the New Year. The secular world asks us to consider these things and usually asks us to buy something to implement the changes. Maybe it’s […]
Homily for the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God, 2013
Readings: Numbers 6:22-27; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 2:16-21 We know what we mean when we say “the Mother of God.” Taken literally, those words would suggest someone who brought God into existence before time began. Certainly today’s Gospel tells a very different story, not before time but (so typical of St. Luke’s Gospel) in a very […]
A Poem from one of our visitors
Carol Hensley, a name you’ll know from this website and a person you’ll hopefully recognize from contact with the Abbey, passed on this poem to me for posting. It was composed by Debra Shultz, one of our guests at the Retreat House. I’ve attmpted posting verse in the past but “trashed” the attempts because the […]
Prayer Request, 2 January, 2013
Please remember Br. Barnabas Brownsey in your prayers. Brother Barnabas has been back and forth to doctors’ appointments over the past couple of weeks to get to the bottom of a problem with his balance. He has suffered a number of falls in the Abbey. As you may well know from your own experience, there’s […]
New Year’s Day: Solemnity of Mary, 2013
The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding; Fr. James Orthmann will preach. The community follows the Sunday Schedule and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament will celebrated at the end of Vespers (5:30 PM).
Feast of the Holy Family, 30 December, 2012
The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Vincent Collins presiding and preaching.
It’s Not Too Late to Make that Year End Gift!
With the end of 2012 fast approaching I would be remiss if I didn’t at least gently nudge and remind you if you are making year end gifts don’t forget Holy Cross Abbey! So many people have responded to our year end mailing and newsletter…if you were one thank you…if you haven’t yet, well…maybe…would you […]
Christmas at Holy Cross Abbey
Most of our friends and visitors heeded the warnings for severe weather and didn’t venture out. The Evening Mass, the First Mass for Christmas, celebrated at 8:30 PM on Monday was an intimate celebration with about a dozen guests. Our notable guest was Madeline MacNeil who braved the elements–with a little help from her friends–to […]
Christmas Day Homily, 2012
Readings: Isaiah 52:7-10; Hebrews 1:1-6; John 1:1-18 What came to be through him was life and this life was the light of the human race; the light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. These words from this morning’s Gospel constitute one perspective on what we celebrate today. I would even […]