The Feast of St. Mary Magdalene Fr. John Denburger, OCSO Song 3: 1 - 4b; Ps. 63; John 20: 1 - 2, 11 - 18 There is a word, a sense that flows through the Liturgy for this feast of St. Mary Magdalene - it is “longing”. Not just the... read more →
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Memorial of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Fr. John Denburger, OCSO Ex 11: 10 - 12: 14; Ps. Is 38; Matthew 12: 1 - 8 We know the passage as “The Finding in the Temple; St. Luke reports: “On the third day they (Mary & Joseph) came upon Him in... read more →
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Fr. Justin Sheehan, OCSO Thursday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time So there they were, Cassian and his sidekick Germanus, somewhere in the desert of 4th-century Egypt, when the temperature was about what it is now, and Germanus had a problem with today’s Gospel. He had heard Jesus say,... read more →
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Fr. Stephen Muller, OCSO The Feast of St. Benedict Prv 2:1-9, Eph 4:1-6, Lk 22:24-27 This past Monday during Vigils as I was thinking about what I might say in my upcoming homily today, I was struck by a phrase from a hymn we were in the midst of. The... read more →
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Fr. Justin Sheehan, OCSO Saturday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time No disciple is above his teacher, and even Mary, the most holy of all the disciples, is not above Jesus, who was her teacher as well as her Son. It was enough for Mary that she become like... read more →
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Fr. Jerome Machar, OCSO The 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ezekiel 2: 2-5, 2 Corinthians 12: 7-10, Mark 6: 1-6 “As the Lord spoke to me the spirit entered into me and set me on my feet” (Ez. 2:2). Ezekiel was not a stranger to the people to whom he... read more →
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Fr. Justin Sheehan, OCSO Friday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time Today’s scripture readings present us with two related images of what people could do and be, and they stand in stark contrast with what the secular world expects people to do and to be. In the first reading,... read more →
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SOLEMNITY OF SS. PETER & PAUL Fr. John Denburger, OCSO Acts 12: 1 - 11; 2 Timothy 4: 6 - 8, 17 - 18; Matthew 16: 13 -- 19 Quoting somewhat the prophet Zechariah, St. John in Revelation writes of “the two olive trees and the two lampstands which stand... read more →
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The Genesee Abbey church will reopen to the public with limited hours on July 1. The church will be open Monday-Sunday 8:30 am - 4 pm. Daily Mass is not yet open to the public. Please note that Sunday Mass is presently celebrated at 7 am, and is not yet... read more →
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Fr. Jerome Machar, OCSO Friday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time Genesis 17: 1, 9-10, 15-22, Matthew 8: 1-4 In today’s first reading, we heard an account of God making a promise to Abram (Exalted Father) and then changing his name to Abraham (Father of a Multitude) in accord... read more →