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Thursday of the 3rd Week of Lent

March 12, 2026 by Fr Joseph

As we know, it is a great deal easier to speak of virtue and spiritual ideals than to actually practice or achieve them. However, it signals a still greater rupture between ideals and practice when even talk of such ideals ceases. For, speaking of virtue and holiness—even though we may not live this out—suggests some […]

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Saturday of the 2nd Week of Lent

March 7, 2026 by Fr Joseph

Although the prophet Micah appeals to the Lord for a return to an earlier period of Israel’s history as in the days when you came from the land of Egypt, this desire is obviously something symbolic and is not a desire to literally return to some earlier period in Israel’s history of a period of […]

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Thursday of the 2nd Week of Lent

March 5, 2026 by Fr Joseph

Sin’s destructive power to divide, isolate, and alienate us from God, from ourselves, and from one another is vividly illustrated in the rich man who suffers in the flames of the netherworld—utterly alone, with not even a demon to torment him. Strikingly, he does not ask to be freed from the flames or to be […]

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A Word from Our Cistercian Fathers

March 3, 2026 by Fr Joseph

How do we know that he is with us in tribulation?  From being in that tribulation.  Who would endure, who would hold out, who persevere without him?  We must consider it a great joy we fall into various tribulations, not only because ‘it behooves us through many tribulations to enter the kingdom of God,’ but […]

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Fr. James’ Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Lent

March 1, 2026 by Fr Joseph

1 March, 2026, 2nd Sunday of Lent, YR A: Genesis 12:1-4a; 2 Timothy 1:8b-10; Matthew 17:1-9 Did you notice the detail in today’s Gospel that is only reported by Matthew? When the disciples hear the voice from the cloud and fall prostrate with fear, Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Rise, and do not be […]

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Greetings from Holy Cross Abbey

February 28, 2026 by Fr Joseph

Our Monastery Chapel is, once again, open to the public for Daily Holy Mass and all the Divine Offices. The Gift Shop is open on the following days and times: Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, from 2.15 until 4.15. On Saturdays the Gift Shop is also open from 10.00 – 12.00 Noon, and again from 2.15 […]

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Thursday of the 1st Week of Lent

February 26, 2026 by Fr Joseph

Sometimes the simpler the remedy, the harder it is to follow. So many of our interpersonal conflicts, arguments, animosities, and needless sufferings have a simple remedy: Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. Our difficulty in applying this remedy is that it is deceptively simple and in fact requires a complete […]

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Tuesday, First Week of Lent

February 24, 2026 by Fr Joseph

In exhorting us, not to worry about what we are to eat or what we are to wear Jesus assured us that if we seek first the kingdom, all these other things will be added to us as well. This seeking first the kingdom is reflected in the prayer that Jesus taught his disciples. The […]

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Livestream Update

February 24, 2026 by Fr Joseph

We are still in the process of getting our livestream up and running again. This has involved changing our livestream from “Twitch” to Youtube. The link on our website still takes you to Twitch, however, and so, for the present, the Youtube livestream can be accessed by clicking on this link: https://www.youtube.com/@VATrappists

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Livestream Problems

February 20, 2026 by Fr Joseph

We are, at present, experiencing problems with livestreaming our services and masses. We apologize for this interruption in this important service to the public, and are working at resolving the issues as speedily as possible.

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