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Scripture Readings: Acts of the Apostles 1:1-11; Saint Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians 1:17-23; Gospel According to Saint Luke 24:46-53
We celebrate our Lord’s Ascension, which took place forty days after his Resurrection. We recount with joy the day when Christ completed his earthly mission and returned to the Father to reign in majesty and to be the judge of the livin...
Scripture Readings: Acts of the Apostles 8:5-8, 14-17; First Letter of Peter 3:15-18; Gospel According to Saint John 14:15-21
The readings for this Sunday are taken from the final days of Jesus’ earthly sojourn as well as the first steps of the infant Church after the death, resurrection and ascension of the Lord. The words of Jesus in the Gospel today are from the Las...
Readings: Acts of the Apostles 6:1-7; First Letter of Saint Peter 2:4-9; Gospel According to Saint John 14:1-12
We are drawing near to the Solemnity of the Lord’s Ascension, forty days after Easter, less than two weeks from now. Where does the time go? Time tends to fly by quickly, even when we try to live it mindfully, taking one day at a time.
We might ask our...
Our Guesthouse is currently closed for necessary maintenance and upgrades. In addition, our monastery kitchen is going through a major upgrade, after 30 years of continuous use!
Sometime this Summer we will reopen the Guesthouse for private retreats. We’re still not sure of the completion date of the projects being undertaken now.
In the meantime, Patrick the la...
Scripture Readings: Acts of the Apostles 2:14a, 36-41; First Letter of Saint Peter 2:20b-25; Gospel According to Saint John 10:1-10
This Sunday is usually called “Good Shepherd Sunday,” because of the focus of the Mass readings, especially the Gospel, where Jesus calls himself the Good Shepherd. Other places in the Gospels we hear Jesus using the same imagery, taken fr...