The Office of the Dead will be celebrated throughout the day. Lauds will begin at 7:00 AM; at the conclusion of Lauds, the concelebrants will vest and the Mass of the Day will follow. Midday Prayer will be celebrated at 2:00 PM; weather providing, Midday Prayer will be celebrated in the monks cemetery to the […]
Sunday, 1 November, 2015: The Solemnity of All Saints
Readings: Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12a The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Joseph Wittstock 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.
Return to Standard Time this Sunday
Don’t forget to reset your clocks for this Sunday; clocks go back one hour (“Spring forward; Fall back”) as Daylight Savings Time comes to an end. If you forget to change your clock and try to attend the 11:00 AM Mass, you’ll arrive after communion. It’ll be noon time and you may have a problem […]
Abbot Robert’s Homily for the 30th Sunday, Year B
Readings: Jeremiah 31:7-9; Hebrews 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52 As we brace ourselves for the return of standard time next week, and the ever shortening daylight hours these coming months, to which we must add the annual stress of crazy consumerism parading itself as our holiday season, we might be excused for feeling a bit down at […]
F. Joseph’s Homily for the 29th Sunday, Year B
Readings: Isaiah 53:10-11; Hebrews 4:14-16; Mark 10:35-45 It has frequently been noted that doctors and nurses sometimes make difficult patients because their medical knowledge and experience has them second guessing decisions and treatment options offered by those caring for them. However, thinking that we are experts in what is best for us is not limited […]
Reminder about Monastery Fruit Cakes
Monastery Fruits cakes are available in the familiar Two-and-a-Quarter pound round cake and in One-and-a-Half pound loaf cakes. The cakes can only be purchased directly from the Gift Shop; we are not shipping out cakes. The cakes are available on a first-come-first-served basis. If you are coming from a distance it is best to telephone […]
25 October, 2015, 30th Sunday, Year B
Readings: Jeremiah 31:7-9;Hebrews 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding and preaching.
Monastic Prayer According to the Rule of St. Benedict, cont’d
We’ve been reading in the refectory a small book by Abbot Francis Acharya of Kurisumala, our monastery in Southern India. Abbot Francis died just a few years ago. By birth and monastic profession he was from Belgium, born Jean Mahieu. Eventually he would found a Catholic monastery in India, adapted to Indian culture and its […]
Wait List Closed for Merton Event
We sincerely apologize to all our friends who are unable to attend the Merton event. Some have written to say they responded within 24 hours and… well, truth is the event ‘sold out’ (interesting way to describe a free event) within two hours of posting the announcement and sending out the e-newsletters. Kind of like […]
Monastery Fruit Cakes for the 2015 Holiday Season
Thank you for your inquiries about our Bakery products at Holy Cross Abbey. Our fruitcakes are for sale only at our Abbey Gift Shop. We are not able to ship our fruitcakes at this time. The fruitcakes available are our regular 2-1/2 pound round cake and we have a new size, a 1-1/2 pound loaf […]