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 […]

I’ve usually updated Featured News on Saturday and A Word from the Abbot on Sunday. Of course, as you have probably noticed, there have been inconsistencies; just a few weekends ago, for example, our computers were down. And other times, I just have not made the deadline. At the moment I am in transition, assuming […]

The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding and preaching. Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament will be celebrated after Vespers, as it is every Sunday. Vespers begin at 5:30 PM and Benediction begins at about 5:50 PM. All are invited to join us.

18 July, 2014 marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Cool Spring; and, as most of our readers realize that battle was fought on the property on which Holy Cross Abbey now stands. Every year we remember those who died in that battle in the course of our communal prayers. Approaching this anniversary, we […]