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A Word from Our Cistercian Fathers

February 1, 2022 by Fr Joseph

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, […]

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A Word from our Cistercian Fathers

January 22, 2022 by Fr Joseph

Let faith be for us, then, like the first day on which we believers are separated from unbelievers, as light from darkness.  Let hope be the second day: through it, dwelling in the heavens and through the merits of faith hoping only for things above the heavens, with God urging us on, we are distinguished from […]

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A Word from Our Cistercian Fathers

December 1, 2021 by Fr Joseph

Take from me, O Lord, my heart of stone.  Take away my hardened heart.  Take away my uncircumcised heart.  Give me a new heart, a heart of flesh, a pure heart!  You who purify the heart, you who love the pure heart, possess my heart and dwell within it, enclosing it and filling it, higher […]

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Our 71st Anniversary of Founding

November 18, 2021 by Fr Joseph

On this 71st anniversary of our founding, we pause to thank God for the countless blessings and graces bestowed on our community—including those bestowed through our brothers who now rest in the peace of Christ. Many of those blessings have come through you our friends whose supportive friendship, prayers, and benefactions continue to support our […]

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Retreat House openings

October 29, 2021 by Paul

Two upcoming weekends have become available at Holy Cross Abbey Retreat House: November 26-28 and December 3-5 Come after Thanksgiving to and before Christmas to rest and explore the beautiful countryside here at Holy Cross Abbey.  Groups of 8-10 welcome with vaccination.  The monastery chapel does remain closed at this time. Please call or e-mail […]

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A Word from our Cistercian Fathers

October 8, 2021 by Fr Joseph

Honor and glory belong to God alone, but God will receive neither if they are not sweetened with the honey of love.  Love is sufficient for itself; it gives pleasure to itself, and for its own sake.  It is its own merit and own reward.  Love needs no cause beyond itself, nor does it demand […]

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Livestream Interruption

October 1, 2021 by Fr Joseph

For those who regularly tune in to our livestream, please note that we will be interrupting this service for a brief period. Accordingly, Vespers and Compline today (Friday) will not be broadcast—neither will Lauds/Mass or Vespers tomorrow (Saturday). The livestream will resume Saturday evening at Compline. We apologize for this inconvenience and thank you all […]

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A Word from Our Cistercian Fathers

September 5, 2021 by Fr Joseph

I said above that God is the reason for loving God.  That is right, for he is the efficient and final cause of our love.  He offers the opportunity, creates the affection, and consummates the desire.  He makes, or rather is made himself lovable. He hopes to be so happily loved that he will not be […]

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Fr. Maurice’s Funeral

August 27, 2021 by Fr Joseph

Fr. Maurice’s Funeral will take place on Saturday, September 4, at 2.00 p.m. Unfortunately, because of the present COVID-related restrictions, attendance at the Funeral Mass and Burial will be limited to the Monastic Community and the immediate family. The Funeral Mass will, however, be live-streamed. May the soul of Fr. Maurice, and the souls of […]

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Finishing the Race; keeping the Faith

August 25, 2021 by Fr Joseph

It is with sadness (and yet also with joy born of faith), that we make known the sudden passing, (yesterday, August 24) of our Father Maurice Flood. After more than 64 years of monastic life, and one month short of his 86th birthday, Fr. Maurice could make his own those immortal words of Saint Paul: […]

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Many, many thanks to Holy Cross Abbey and all the monks for being a beacon of light and hope in our world. I am so very, very grateful for being able to come for yearly retreats. That time with God nourishes me throughout the year, always.

-Dawn Peck, Lexington, VA


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