My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.O you whom no one truly seeks and does not find,come within usthat we may go to you and live in you,for surely this comes not from the personwilling, nor from the person running,but from you who have mercy!Inspire us first that we may believe!Strengthen […]

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord. I love you, O Lord, my strength; through you every hostile power yields to me, worm that I am, and the guile of the ancient Serpent is laughed to scorn by the angels you send to minister to us, so that his desire to hurt is […]

Please be advised that the Gift Shop will be closed on Thursday, July 4, (Independence Day) and will reopen again on Friday, July 5.

 “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 Lord, for […]

Only, be grateful for God’s grace; and as you have been transformed into a new creation by Easter’s healing action, so walk always in newness of life.  You have been given a share in Christ through the fellowship of faith, by participation in his sacrament, by communion in the Holy Spirit.  Strive not only to […]

HOLY THURSDAY: Mass of the Lord’s Supper 4.30 p.m. GOOD FRIDAY: Good Friday Service 4.30 p.m. EASTER VIGIL: Saturday night at 8.30 p.m. EASTER SUNDAY: Easter Sunday Mass at 10.00 a.m.

O God, love, who have created me, recreate me in your love. O love, who have redeemed me, whatever I have neglected of your love, amend for yourself and redeem in me. O God, love, who with the blood of your Christ have ransomed me for yourself, sanctify me in your truth. O God, love, […]

Because of some cancellations, there are now several rooms available at our Retreat House for the weekend of May 3-5. If you wish to avail yourself of this opportunity, please call Carol at 540-955-4383.

Friday of the 1st Week of Lent: EZ 18:21-28; MT 5:20-26 To ask so much of us, Jesus must have known well the passage from Ezekiel we heard this morning. If our God, who does not need us, desires our good so much, how can I settle for less when I relate to you? I […]

Tuesday of the 1st Week of Lent: ISA 55:10-11; MT 6:7-15 I’m learning to appreciate why I should pray, “Thy Kingdom come.” In my youth, among American Catholics, a reaction against the pessimism of Jansenism overestimated present blessings, ignoring the suffering around us. Doesn’t such complacency and indifference keep us outside the Kingdom of Heaven? […]