Readings: Joel 2:12-18; 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 The community Mass will be celebrated at 7:00 AM, replacing Lauds, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding. After the Gospel, the ashes of last year’s palms (from the Sunday of the Lord’s Passion) will be blessed and distributed as a sign of our repentance.
GIFT SHOP CLOSING
THE MONASTERY GIFT SHOP WILL BE CLOSED DURING THE MONK’S ANNUAL RETREAT That is, from MONDAY FEBRUARY 8, THROUGH THURSDAY FEBRUARY 11. The Gift Shop will reopen on FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 12 at 10.00 A.M. We would appreciate your prayers for us during our time of retreat and apologize for any inconvenience related to this […]
Updates
Well, the snow is over for a while, our roads are clear and we’re back to normal, whatever that is in a monastery (perhaps any of us can say the same in any way of life). I’m told that a rather warm week is ahead as we couldn’t imagine last week. Posts may be a […]
A Word From The Cistercian Fathers for February
Keep carefully and watchfully, O happy sinner, this spirit of yours, this most fitting affection of humility and devotion by which you may always so think of yourself in humility and of the Lord in goodness. There is nothing greater that it among the gifts of the Holy Spirit, nothing more precious in the treasures […]
The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple, 2 February, and the Blessing of Throats, 3 February, 2016
Readings: Malachi 3:1-4; Hebrews 2:14-18; Luke 2:22-40 The community Mass with the blessing of candles will be celebrated At 7:00 AM on Tuesday, 2 February. On Wednesday, the traditional blessing of throats through the intercession of St. Blaise, will be offered after Mass integrated with Lauds (7:00 AM).
Fifth Sunday, Year C, 7 February, 2016
Readings: Isaiah 6:1-8; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Joseph Wittstock presiding and preaching.
Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Year C
Readings: Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19; 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13; Luke 4:21-30 This Sunday’s Gospel is a continuation of last Sunday’s beautiful Gospel of God’s Kingdom blossoming in the Synagogue at Nazareth in the person of Jesus Christ. For us, celebrating it at Sunday Mass, what a change in one week! In Luke’s narrative, the jolting change occurred […]
31 January, 2016: Fourth Sunday, Year C
Readings: Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19; 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13; Luke 4:21-30 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Vincent Collins presiding and preaching. The Monthly Eucharistic Adoration for February will be observed this Sunday due to particular circumstances; it will begin at 4:00 PM and will conclude after Vespers with Benediction of the Most […]
Improvements in the road conditions
Wednesday, 27 January, 1:45 PM: As of this morning, Castleman Road has been plowed allowing more than single lane traffic. Passage along the road is normal and four wheel drive is no longer required. Area for parking at the Abbey, though hardly normal, is greatly improved this morning; digging out continues and we anticipate normal […]
Abbot Robert’s Sermon for the Solemnity of the Founders of Citeaux, 26 January, 2016
Readings: Genesis 12, 1-4; Acts 4:32-35; Mark 10:17-30 In the year 1098 of the Incarnation of our Lord, Robert of blessed memory, the first abbot of the monastery of Molesme, and brothers Alberic, Odo, John, Stephen, Letald and Peter and others numbering twenty-one in all, eagerly set out for the solitude of Citeaux…After the monks […]