Begin to recognize yourself, to love and possess yourself, to be kind to yourself, and you will be happy.  … If you desire to know yourself and to possess yourself, go into yourself, and do not search for yourself outside.  Distinguish between what is around you, what belongs to you, and your self!  The world […]

How wonderful your love for me, my God, my love!  How wonderful your love for me, everywhere mindful of me, everywhere eager for the welfare of one who is needy and poor, protecting him both from the arrogance of men and from the might of evil spirits.  Both in heaven and on earth, O Lord, […]

We are grateful to be able to inform you that all the brothers have recovered from the recent outbreak of Covid in the community. Accordingly, the Monastery Chapel and the Gift Shop, are once again open to the public. We thank you for your concern and the support of your prayers during this time of […]

Holy Mass at the Abbey on Christmas Eve (Dec 24) will be at 8.30 p.m. Holy Mass on Christmas Day, will be at 10.00 a.m. The Monks will be following the usual Sunday Schedule. Holy Mass at the Abbey on New Year’s Day (Jan 1) will be at 10.00 a.m. The Monks will be following […]

In addition to the usual hours, the Gift Shop will also be open on the following Wednesday afternoons from 2.15 until 4.15 Wednesday, December 4 Wednesday, December 11 Wednesday, December 18 Those hoping to purchase Fruitcakes from our Gift Shop need to know that we are ALL SOLD OUT AS OF Sunday, December 15th. However, […]

Please be aware that Holy Mass will be celebrated at 10.00 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day and that the Gift Shop will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.

18 November, The Dedication of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul Today’s celebration of the 74th anniversary of our community’s foundation compels me to say a few words. Better than anything that could arise from my imagination are these words of Oscar Romero: …we plant the seeds that one day will grow. We water […]

God, my God, because you are mine, I lack nothing.  And because I am yours, I will glory in you, God, my savior, for eternity.  In all my sadness, you prepare for me in you the banquets of homage.  And where is my soul’s well-being if not in you, O God of my life?  If […]

Not one who has begun, but one who shall persevere unto the end, they shall be saved.  There are many who begin, few who persevere. Perseverance is the singular daughter of the high king, the goal of virtues and their consummation, repository of all good, a virtue without which no one shall see God, nor shall one […]

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 […]