The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM; we will be on a holiday/Sunday schedule. Benediction will follow Vespers (5:30 PM) whether the snow continues or not. Fr. Joseph will preside and Fr. James will preach. We are again replacing Abbot Robert who was originally assigned to preside and preach. We are hopeful that […]

There are two good reasons why I should offer these reflections about Fr. Edmund: first, as his abbot and, second, because Fr. Edmund and I shared so much of our personal lives as monks together. We both entered this monastery at the beginning of the 1960’s when the Abbey was only ten years old and […]

The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Joseph Wittstock presiding and preaching. Benediction of the most blessed Sacrament will follow Vespers (5:30 PM); all are welcome to attend.

Fr. Edmund’s body will be received back into the community at 8:30 AM, Saturday, 22 November by Fr. Joseph Wittstock  and the monastic community. After the bier is placed in choir, the Psalter will be prayed continually in half-hour watches until 11:55 AM. The Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 12:00 noon by Fr. […]

Br. Edward, 93 years old, has been receiving nursing care at Heritage Hall in Front Royal, Virginia. He requested to be transferred to Carroll Manor and that request has been graciously honored by the staff there. This afternoon Br, Efrain went to Heritage Hall to accompany Br. Edward to Carroll Manor on the campus of […]

Yesterday, 18 November, we celebrated the Memorial of the Dedication of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. It was also the sixty-fourth anniversary of the founding of Holy Cross Abbey. The Gospel of the Memorial is from St. Matthew’s Gospel, Chapter 14, 22-33. In that pericope, the Apostles see Jesus walking on the turbulent […]

On the main page (“About”) of the website there is a new update from Abbot Robert describing his condition under the column “A Note From The Abbot”. We will keep that section updated as news emerges. And shortly, we will return to the real function of that column, Fr. Robert’s monastic teaching.

Readings: Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31; I Thessalonians 5:1-6; Matthew 25:14-30   Some of life’s challenges do leave me feeling that God can be very demanding. How am I to understand today’s parable? I believe that the context is very important. Today’s Gospel narrates a teaching from the last week of Jesus’ life. This is his […]

This past Monday, 10 November, Abbot Robert was hospitalized with pneumonia in Winchester Medical Center. He has been responding very well to antibiotics and oxygen. He’s been in very good spirits and has been issuing directives as if from his office at the Abbey. He’s expected home before the weekend.

The Mass of the Resurrection for Fr. Edmund Flynn will be celebrated on Saturday, 22 November at 12:00 noon. The Mass will be preceded by the reception of his body into the monastic choir at 8:30 AM; at that time the continuous praying of the Psalter will begin in 30 minute shifts. Guest are welcome […]