Readings: Ezekiel 34:11-16; Romans 5:5-11; Luke 15:3-7 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding and preaching. The Mass concludes with Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Benediction.
Tenth Anniversary of our Lay Cistercians
This weekend the Lay Cistercians of Holy Cross Abbey are in our Retreat House for their annual retreat. As they do each year, they re-affirm their commitment to their order of life formed in Cistercian Spirituality. The intrepid group meets here once a month on the third Saturday of each month and it takes a major blizzard […]
Corpus Christi, 29 May, 2016
Readings: Genesis 14:18-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-16; Luke 9:11-17 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Joseph Wittstock presiding and preaching. After communion the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed for adoration through Vespers (5:30 PM) and Benediction. All are welcome to join us.
Trinity Sunday, 22 May, 2016
Readings: Proverbs 8:22-31; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15 The community mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Vincent Collins presiding and preaching.
Fr. James’ Homily for Pentecost
Readings: Acts 2:1-11; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-23; John 20:19-23 Today’s Gospel brings the Easter Season full circle: this is the same Gospel we heard Easter Day. Today I’m listening with a different intent. Less than the narrative, I’m listening to the words carried by the breath of Jesus. I would listen to the breath itself, […]
Pentecost Sunday, Year C, 15 May, 2016
Readings: Acts 2:1-11; 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13; John 20:19-23 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. James presiding and preaching. Today ends the Easter Season and after Vespers, we return to Ordinary Time, the Seventh Week of Year C.
Fr. Joseph’s Homily for the Ascension
Readings: Acts 1:1-11; Hebrews 9:24-28, 10:19-23; Luke 24:46-53 The magnificent sight of an eagle effortlessly soaring high up in the sky is perhaps one of those moments when we wish we could fly. Indeed the ability to fly and free ourselves from gravity’s downward pull is a common theme in dreams. In some instances our […]
The Ascension of the Lord, Sunday, 8 May, 2016
Readings: Acts 1:1-11; Hebrews 9:24-28, 10:19-23; Luke 24:46-53 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Joseph Wittstock presiding and preaching. Sunday is also the national observance of Mothers’ Day and we will keep all our mothers, living and deceased, in community prayers.
A Word from the Cistercian Fathers for May
We realize that there is no true life except in conversion and that there is no other means of entering into life: unless you are converted and become as little children, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven. Clearly, then, the conversion of souls is the working of the divine, not the human, voice. […]
Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year C, 1 May, 2016
Readings: Acts 15:1-2, 22-29; Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23; John 14:23-29 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Vincent Collins presiding and preaching. It is the First Sunday of the Month and Eucharistic Adoration will begin at 4:00 PM and conclude with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament after Vespers (5:30 PM). All are […]