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The 2nd Sunday of Easter - Sunday of Divine Mercy Fr. Jerome Machar, OCSO “Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.” We gather on this... read more →

Fr. Justin Sheehan, OCSO Easter Sunday Where is the risen Christ in our suffering world? He seems to have fallen in love with our suffering because he’s so passionately laid hold of it and made it his. He is known to the whole world as the Man of Sorrows. Yet... read more →

Fr. Isaac Slater, OCSO Good Friday “Son though he was he learned obedience from what he suffered.” What is meant by “obedience” here, and how did Jesus learn from suffering? Clearly it’s not the reflexive obedience of a horse or dog being trained. It is not the result of force... read more →

Fr. Stephen Muller, OCSO Holy Thursday When one studies paintings, sometimes you have what is called a “detail”. It is just a portion of the whole painting. So for instance, in the current issue of MAGNIFICAT there is an article on the painting “The Agony in the Garden” by Andrea... read more →

Fr. John Denburger, OCSO Palm Sunday (Isaiah 50: 4 - 7; Ps 22; Phil 2: 6 - 11; Luke 22: 14 - 23: 56) In listening to St. Luke’s account of the Lord’s passion and death, we hear again of Jesus’ horrendous suffering and as someone noted “His ghastly death”.... read more →

Fr. Justin Sheehan, OCSO Saturday the 3rd Week of Lent The Pharisee in the Gospel prided himself on being virtuous and despised the tax collector. But there’s more than one way of being a Pharisee. Another way is to make excuses for yourself for not being virtuous, and then find... read more →

Fr. Stephen Muller, OCSO Solemnity of St. Joseph I remember when I was growing up, on Sundays there would be AMERICAN TOP 40 with Casey Kasem on the radio and he would count down to the number one song for that week. On the internet sometimes you see lists of... read more →

Fr. Justin Sheehan, OCSO The Second Thursday of Lent “More tortuous than all else is the human heart, beyond remedy; who can understand it?” The “heart” here means something more than what a scientist might call “the hollow, muscular organ in vertebrates that pumps blood”. The Lord is talking about... read more →

Fr. Jerome Machar, OCSO The Second Sunday of Lent The only begotten Son of God who became man when the Holy Spirit overshadowed the ever-virgin Mary led his disciples to heights of the Holy Mountain. There, in silence and solitude, Jesus entered into a heart-to-heart conversation with his loving Father.... read more →

Fr. Justin Sheehan, OCSO The First Sunday of Lent Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, was led by the Spirit into the wild. For forty wilderness days and nights, he was tested by the devil. “ He ate nothing during those days, and when the time was up he was... read more →