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Saturday of the 4th Week of Easter

May 17, 2025 by Fr Joseph

Certain spiritualities tend towards associating the so-called God of the Old Testament with God the Father—a God who often depicted as wrathful and punishing. And, in contrast, we have Christ as revealed in the gospels—one who is merciful and forgiving and who, as it were, stays the vengeful hand of God the Father. However, in […]

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Covid at the Monastery Update

May 6, 2025 by Fr Joseph

Some good news is that the Covid outbreak appears to have run its course—with no further positive cases in the monastery. So, both the Monastery Chapel and the Gift Shop are now open again. We thank you for your concern, and for your prayers during this most recent Covid event.

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Upcoming Chant Retreat in the New Year

May 6, 2025 by Fr Joseph

A Special “Chant Retreat” is planned for the second week of August 2025 (More information can be found by clicking on the Retreat House Tab above) Our Monastery Chapel is, once again, open to the public for Daily Holy Mass and all the Divine Offices. The Gift Shop is also open again and the hours […]

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Fr. James’ Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Easter

May 4, 2025 by Fr Joseph

4 May, 2025, Third Sunday of Easter, Year C: Acts 5:27-32. 40b-41; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19 I draw your attention to Jesus’ question to Peter: Do you love me? For several weeks we’ve celebrated a pageant of betrayal, misunderstanding, suffering, injustice, cruelty, fidelity of the few—and the unexpected miracle of resurrection. Isn’t it so easy […]

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Feast of Saints James and Philip

May 3, 2025 by Fr Joseph

It is unclear (at least to me) whether Philip’s show us the Father, and that will be enough for is, is just simple curiosity, or the affirmation of a profound truth. This truth is one that we struggle to truly believe and act on. So much of our spiritual efforts involve letting go of those […]

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GIFT SHOP ANNOUNCEMENT

April 29, 2025 by Fr Joseph

Please Note: The Gift Shop will be closed on SUNDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 4, 2025

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Saturday of the Easter Octave

April 26, 2025 by Fr Joseph

It is a totally transformed and emboldened Peter who courageously defies the members of the Sanhedrin and exclaims that it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard. This “impossibility” of which Peter speaks can be understood in two ways. Firstly, in the sense in which Peter intended it. […]

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Fr. James’ Homily for Easter Sunday

April 20, 2025 by Fr Joseph

Easter Sunday, YR C: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Col 3:1-4; Jn 20:1-9 For us, as for the people in this Gospel, isn’t knowledge of the Resurrection posited by indirect evidence? The Risen Jesus has yet to appear to them. In all four Gospels, he will come to them, though he is often not recognized at first. […]

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Abbot Joseph’s Homily for the Easter Vigil

April 20, 2025 by Fr Joseph

Having celebrated, in orderly sequence, the last supper, the arrest and crucifixion of our Lord Jesus Christ, and now his resurrection from the dead, we can naturally consider these as simply past events, annually recalled, and reverently honored. However, the truth is that they are not merely past events; instead, all the saving acts of […]

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Abbot Joseph’s Homily for the Mass of the Lord’s Supper

April 18, 2025 by Fr Joseph

At the beginning of each Holy Mass the priest invites us to acknowledge our sins and so prepare ourselves to celebrate these sacred mysteries. This is a perhaps necessary reminder that the Eucharist is one of the central mysteries of our faith. And like all mysteries, our severely limited understanding of divine realities means that […]

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