Since you all did so well with the change in time for Sunday Mass from 11:00 to 10:00 AM, I thought it was time for a new challenge. Actually, this isn’t my idea at all and since World War II is long over I really can’t fathom the necessity of Day Light Saving Time–not the […]

Readings: Genesis 12:1-4; 2 Timothy 1:8-10; Matthew 17:1-19 The community Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 AM. Last Sunday went very well with both monks and guests arriving on time, no late arrivals expecting an 11:00 AM Mass! Fr. James will preside and preach.

Readings: Isaiah 49:14-15; 1 Corinthians 4:1-5; Matthew 6:24-34 One of my childhood memories growing up in South Africa, is that of a popular radio show called “The Money or the Box.” Participants from a live audience had to choose between a known sum of money and a box whose contents might be anything from a […]

Last Wednesday at the Mass for Ash Wednesday, Abbot Joseph offered a brief reflection after the Gospel which certainly spoke in a very concrete way to the monastic community. But while I was listening, I couldn’t help but think that it would be helpful to a number of our readers. This is Father’s entire reflection: As […]

Readings: Genesis 2:7-9, 3:1-7; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11 The community Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 AM, Fr. Vincent Collins presiding and preaching. The Shop will be open shortly after Mass. This Sunday is the first Sunday of the month and we begin the monthly Eucharistic Adoration at 4:00 PM and conclude with Benediction of […]

It is fitting that I say a few words about prayer. The more efficacious it is, if done as it should be, the more skillfully does our adversary usually hinder it. Prayer is gravely hindered by cowardice of spirit and excessive fear. This often happens when a person thinks about his own unworthiness so much […]

The new church will be open and functioning so you are going to want to be part of the MIW class in 2017… But we are down to just a few rooms left for this retreat May (19-21). Monastic Immersion Weekends are the closest thing you can get to being a member of the community only […]

Readings: Isaiah 49:14-15; 1 Corinthians 4:1-5; Matthew 6:24-34 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM; this is the last time we will celebrate Mass at 11:00. The following Sunday, the First Sunday of Lent, the community Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 AM. This hour of celebration should help the challenges of our limited […]

I’m posting here an opportunity and invitation that may interest a number of our readers–as I’d posted in the past. The Spiritual Direction Institute (SDI) is offering an informational session on Sunday, April 2, 2017 at 2:00 PM at the Church of the Incarnation, Charlottesville, in the conference room. The Spiritual Direction Institute offers a […]

We still have three rooms available for this weekend, 24 to 26 February. With above freezing temperatures and a sunny Sunday predicted, this could be an ideal weekend for a get-away with God. Call Carol at 540-955-4383 or email her at information@hcava.org before the vacancies are taken.