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 […]

Readings: Isaiah 55:10-11; Romans 8:18-23; Matthew 13:1-23 In a recent critique of modern global economics, Pope Francis pointed out that the promise was that when the glass was full, it would overflow, thereby benefitting the poor. However, what happens instead is that when the glass is full, it magically gets bigger, but nothing ever comes out […]

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. Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament will be celebrated after Second Vespers of the Solemnity (5:30 PM)