Readings: 2 Samuel 12:7-10, 13; Galatians 12:16, 19-21; Luke 7:36-50 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding and preaching.
Plein Air on the Shenandoah
The name Barbizon probably reads like a commercial label to most readers. Is it a modeling agency? And acting school? First and foremost, it’s a location in France where artists congregated to paint. Back in 1824, the English landscape painter, John Constable exhibited his work in the Paris Salon, revolutionizing the vision of his French […]
Fr. James’ Homily for the 10th Sunday of the Year
Readings: 1 Kings 17:17-24; Galatians 1:11-19; Luke 7:11-17 It would seem that we return to Sundays in Ordinary Time by colliding with a funeral procession. Yet I have to admit that during the last three weeks, as we celebrated Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, Corpus Christi and the Sacred Heart, both the Mass Readings and the preaching […]
Abbot Robert’s Homily for the solemnity of the Sacred Heart
Readings: Ezekiel 34:11-16; Romans 5:5-11; Luke 15:3-7 The love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us. This thought of Saint Paul, which we believe has been inspired by the Holy Spirit speaking in Paul, is the sure foundation of the hope we place in […]
Tenth Sunday, Year C, 5 June, 2016
Readings 1 Kings 17:17-24; Galatians 1:11-19; Luke 7:11-17 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. James Orthmann presiding and preaching. It is the First Sunday of the month and monthly Eucharistic Adoration will begin at 4:00 PM; all are welcome to join us.
A Word from the Cistercian Fathers for June
Clearly Peter and Paul are men of mercy, whether they received mercy, were filled with mercy or were mercifully given to us by God. Consider the mercy they received. Question Paul himself, or rather listen to him freely confessing: I was a blasphemer and a persecutor and an unjust man, but I received mercy. And […]
Fr. Joseph’s Homily for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi
Readings: Genesis 14:18-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; Luke 9:11-17 Our present monastic practice of daily communion is a wonderful privilege both in the sense that we actually have access to the sacrament as well as in the sense that we are permitted to receive communion so frequently. As you know it is only within the last […]
Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Readings: Ezekiel 34:11-16; Romans 5:5-11; Luke 15:3-7 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding and preaching. The Mass concludes with Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Benediction.
Tenth Anniversary of our Lay Cistercians
This weekend the Lay Cistercians of Holy Cross Abbey are in our Retreat House for their annual retreat. As they do each year, they re-affirm their commitment to their order of life formed in Cistercian Spirituality. The intrepid group meets here once a month on the third Saturday of each month and it takes a major blizzard […]
Corpus Christi, 29 May, 2016
Readings: Genesis 14:18-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-16; Luke 9:11-17 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Joseph Wittstock presiding and preaching. After communion the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed for adoration through Vespers (5:30 PM) and Benediction. All are welcome to join us.