December 4, 2011
ABBEY NEWS
Obituary
Rector-Hicks funeral home in nearby Geneseo has posted an obituary of our Br. Henry who died this past Thursday. Although it states that there are no calling hours at the funeral home he will be laid out in the Abbey Church from 1:30 AM Sunday afternoon, December 4th until the funeral Mass Monday, December 5th at 9:45 AM while the brothers keep watch. The notice can be found at Rector-Hicks.
Br. Henry was deeply devoted to Our Blessed Mother and in his spare time would make rosaries which he would give away to anyone requesting one, insisting that they not be sold in the store. For many years he was also the Abbey's beekeeper. A friend of the Abbey who knew him then wrote in suggesting that he is probably singing ...O death, where is your sting (1 Cor. 15:55).
60th Anniversary Article for December
GLC member, Joseph Pastwik, shares with us reflections and experiences of his five year membership in our Genesee Lay Contemplative community for the final installment of our of anniversay articles. You'll find it at December 2011. Our gratitude to each one who posted those fine articles as part of our anniversary commemoration.
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The brilliant ravishing autumn foliage of autumn has vanished, and the trees stand stark and bare. In early winter I delight in gazing upon the sunset through the elaborate patterns of branches that partition the pink sky like the elegant tracery of a stained glass window. The trees, with their bare branches reaching quietly toward the sky, toward the dying sunset light, seem to share in the pleading of our Advent Prayer: Come, Lord Jesus, come. Early Christians traditionally prayerd with their arms out stretched toward heaven, from where the Lord was expected to come again. The bare trees with their branches outstretched is a symbolic reminder for the monk and for all Christians, especially during this Advent journey, that we, too, must gaze at all times toward him with deep yearning. A Monastery Journey to Christmas |
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