Fr. Jerome Machar, OCSO Wednesday of the 1st Week of Lent Jonah 3: 1-10, Luke 11: 29-32 As we ponder the response of the people of Nineveh to Jonah’s preaching,... read more →
Fr. Jerome Machar, OCSO The Thursday after Ash Wednesday Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Luke 9: 22-25 “Today I have set before you, life and prosperity, death and doom” (Deut. 30:15). Given these... read more →
Fr. Jerome Machar, OCSO Saturday of the 5th week in Ordinary Time Genesis 3: 9-24, Mark 8: 1-10 “Adam, where are you?’ (Gen. 3:9) This question is worth contemplating. God... read more →
Fr. Jerome Machar, OCSO Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Malachi 3:1-4, Hebrews 2:14-18, Luke 2:22-40 In 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II instituted a day of prayer for... read more →
Fr. Stephen Muller, OCSO The Solemnity of the Founders of the Cistercian Order Sir 44:1,10-15, Heb 11:1-2,8-16, Mk 10:24b-30 Today we celebrate the feast day of the three founders of... read more →
Fr. Jerome Machar, OCSO 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time 1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19, 1 Corinthians 6: 13c-15a, 17-20, John 1:35-42 “At that time Samuel was not familiar with the Lord,... read more →
Fr. John Denburger, OCSO The Baptism of the Lord ( Isaiah 42: 1 - 4, 6 - 7; Ps:29; Acts 10: 34 - 38; Mark 1: 7 - 11) We... read more →
Fr. Isaac Slater, OCSO Wednesday after Epiphany Recently a vocation candidate shared with me the Japanese proverb: “If you want to cross the ocean you have to lose sight of... read more →
Fr. Jerome Machar, OCSO The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas 1 John 2:3-11, Luke 2:22-35 Christ is born. Let us worship Him. The love of God has become... read more →
Fr. Isaac Slater, OCSO Christmas Day 2020 The Word that becomes flesh is the word of the cross. Advent echoes and prefigures Lent as Christmas prefigures the cross. The New... read more →