There are some excellent openings available in the Retreat House in both November and December. There are rooms available for Monday, 3 November, through Friday, 7 November–a very picturesque time of year; and then from Monday, 17 November through Friday, 21 November. Should you need to get away from the madness of Thanksgiving and Football games […]
Fr. Robert’s Homily for the 29th Sunday, Yr A
Readings: Isaiah 45:1, 4-6; I Thessalonians 1:1-5; Matthew 22:15-21 You hypocrites! Your frauds! You blind guides! Blind fools! You brood of vipers! You can hear that Jesus is upset. In today’s Gospel we hear only one name, hypocrites. The rest of the names Jesus calls the Pharisees comes a little further on. Read ahead in […]
Twenty-ninth Sunday, Year A, 19 October, 2014
The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding and preaching. The heat is not yet turned on in the monastery buildings, so dress prudently; usually, however, with enough people in church, it will warm up. Be forewarned: the tortoise shell colored cat, Vivian, gets very religious as the weather turns […]
28th Sunday, Year A, 12 October, 2014
The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Vincent Collins presiding and preaching. Vespers (5:30 PM) will be followed Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
Fr. Joseph’s Homily for the 27th Sunday of the Year
Readings: Isaiah 5:1-7; Philippians 4:6-9; Matthew 21:33-43 If one were to take a broad sampling of photographs of monasteries from across the world, one might be surprised by the wide diversity–both architecturally and in virtue of location. Included among these are monasteries that exteriorly don’t have the appearance of a monastery at all but look […]
27th Sunday, Year A, 5 October, 2014
The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Joseph Wittstock presiding and preaching. It is the First Sunday of the month and the monthly Eucharistic Adoration will begin at 4:30 PM and continue through Vespers (5:30 PM), concluding with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. All are invited to worship with us.
A Word From The Cistercian Fathers For October
There are three degrees in the perception of the truth: we must look for truth in ourselves; in our neighbor; in truth itself. We look for truth in ourselves when we judge ourselves; in our neighbors when we have sympathy for their sufferings; in itself when we contemplate it with an undivided heart. The merciful […]
Fr. James Homily for the 26th Sunday of the Year
Readings: Ezekiel 18:25-28; Philippians 2:1-11; Matthew 21:28-32 Do you find today’s parable of the two sons good news? I suspect it was as much good news to the Apostles as it was a challenge. I’ll pass over Peter–he’s every preacher’s whipping boy so I don’t need to recall his impetuosity and inconsistency. Instead, think of […]
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 28 September, 2014
The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. James presiding and preaching. Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament follows Vespers, celebrated at 5:30 PM; all are welcome.
25th Sunday, Year A, 21 September, 2014
The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Vincent Collins presiding and preaching. Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament will conclude Vespers (5:30 PM) and all are welcome to join us.