This Sunday begins the new Liturgical Year, Year B. In the Sunday Cycle of Gospel Readings, the greater part will take us through the Gospel according to Mark. The weekday readings will follow Year One in the Lectionary. The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Vincent Collins presiding and preaching. The Advent wreath will […]

Readings: Sirach 50:22-14; I Corinthians 1:3-9; Luke 17:11-19 The first time I preached this Gospel, an old friend of mine challenged me on being too hard on the nine lepers who had failed to give thanks. After all, they were only doing what Jesus had told them. The next time I preached this Gospel, I […]

Readings: Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17; I Corinthians 15: 20-26, 28; Matthew 25:31-46 I suspect that at one time or another we have all seen film footage of those unforgettable scenes of jubilation and celebration as French, Dutch and Belgian civilians rushed into their often war-devastated streets to greet the liberating Allied Troops entering their town or […]

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.