Readings: Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a; I Corinthians 10:16-17; John 6:51-58 Do I believe what the Gospels say? Can I really believe that Jesus did all the Gospel writers say that he did? Did Jesus cure sick people, give them their sight, heal their bodies, bring the dead back to life? Did these things really happen? We […]

Although Brother Barnabas’s family are not able to be with us today to celebrate God taking Brother Barnabas to himself, his family is conscious that this monastic family is here with him. What to the eyes of this world seems an ending and a loss, for those who live in Christ this is the blessed assurance […]

The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding and preaching. Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament will begin right after communion and continue through Vespers, concluding with Benediction. From Mass until Vespers, the monks will be keeping watch in 30 minute periods of adoration. Out neighbors and friends are invited […]

At this time the community, as you may have gathered from recent posts, is planning for the future. This requires a number of community meetings to discern directions and sift out strategies. As a result the Gift Shop will be closed every Wednesday, our best day in the week for meeting, until other arrangements can be made.

Being united to God is essential to becoming fully the person God intends each of us to be and the only way to be holy. The Church Fathers understood this well and St. Augustine, for example, referred to the capax dei, to the human capacity for God. The Greek Fathers, in particular, referred to the restoration […]

Br. Barnabas’ body will be received by the monastic community on Friday, 20 June, at 8:30 AM. The praying of the Psalter will commence immediately and continue until 1:55 PM. Friends and neighbors of the Abbey who are available that day are welcomed to join the monks praying the Psalms. The Mass of the Resurrection […]

Br. Barnabas Brownsey died peacefully this morning around 3:40 AM. We were already at Vigils, completing the First Nocturn of Psalms. The community of Holy Cross Abbey and our employees appreciate the responses from all of you as well as the prayers and concern for his good passage from life. Details of the funeral and burial will be […]

Please continue your prayers for Br. Barnabas as he makes his way to God. Brother is no longer conscious and is in palliative care, following his own advanced directive. Abbot Robert and Br. Efrain went to Washington, DC to be with him. Fr. Robert anointed Br. Barnabas and they prayed at his bedside. We will keep you informed of further developments.

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

Readings: Acts 2:1-11; I Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13; John 20:19-23 Have you noticed how fascinated we are by disaster movies? It doesn’t matter whether they are fictional, like Godzila, or historical, like Titanic. The tension, the action and the CGI entrance us, but I believe we’re caught by something deeper. In the end there are the […]