Readings: Isaiah 56:1, 6-7; Romans 11:13-15, 29-32; Matthew 15:21-28 The manufacturing of parachutes is a highly skilled operation undertaken with utmost care and attention to detail because lives depend on the parachute’s proper functioning. And yet, despite all this care, the final and ultimate test of any parachute occurs when the parachutist leaps from the plane […]

Revelation 11:19; 12:1-6, 10; I Corinthians 15:20-26; Luke 1:39-56 A great sign appeared in the heavens: a woman clothed in the sun with the moon under her feet and on her head a crown of twelve stars, we heard from the Book of Revelation. And in the Gospel we heard of an adolescent named Mary […]

The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Joseph Wittstock presiding and preaching.

The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding and preaching.

You know that in a community of many it is impossible for all to be of the same strength, whether in body or in character, and so the authority of our Rule advises us to bear each weakness with patience; and charity requires us to stoop down somewhat to each. Some other person sees this […]

Isaiah 55:1-3; Romans 8:35, 37-39; Matthew 14:13-21 Matthew’s Gospel has a particular perspective on Jesus: he is the great teacher who unpacks God’s revelation, not in concepts in our mind but as the lives we lead. Jesus is a very patient teacher who, being one of us, appreciates our limits while, being the Son of […]

Readings: Isaiah 55:1-3; Romans 8:35, 37-39; Matthew14:13-21 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. James presiding and preaching. It is the First Sunday of the month and the monthly Eucharistic Adoration will begin at 3:30 PM (in the past we began at 4:00 PM) . All are invited and welcome to join […]

Registration is still open for the Monastic Immersion Weekend for men September 11-14 but will close soon.  Only a couple of spots are left. If interested in spending these fairly intense four days living in community with the monks of the abbey send email to companions@virginiatrappists.org or call 540-955-4604… Here’s information and the schedule for […]

The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Vincent Collins presiding and preaching.

Readings: Wisdom 12:13, 16-19; Romans 8:26-27; Matthew 13:24-30 When my brother and his family came to visit me some years ago, my niece Stephanie, who was three years old at the time, told me that she wanted me to read her a story. Stephanie is now twenty-seven, but that remains one of my fondest memories […]