Third Sunday of Lent (Year A, Mar 8. 2026) John 4:5-42 “WITH” “All the pleasures of the world, and all the kingdoms of this earth, shall profit me nothing. It is better for me to die on behalf of Jesus Christ, than to reign over all the ends of the earth. For what shall a man be profited,
Second Sunday of Lent (Year A, Mar 1. 2026) Matthew 17:1-9 “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased;listen to him.” The very idea ‘Will of God’ prompts a certain amount of resistance nowadays, especially when used in connection with obedience … One cannot altogether deny that a type of spirituality current in the
First Sunday of Lent (Year A, Feb 22. 2026) Matthew 4:1-11 “Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert…” Inner Liberation Writer Stephen Copeland recounts how the stories of the desert fathers and mothers have inspired modern Christians to take contemplative practice more seriously: The ancient path of the desert mystics invites us to disrupt the patterns of
The Rule of St. Benedict “Although the life of a monk ought to…” Chapter 49: On the Observance of Lent “Although the life of a monk ought to have about it at all times the character of a Lenten observance, yet since few have the virtue for that, we therefore urge that during the actual days of Lent the brethren keep
Ash Wednesday (Year A, Feb 18. 2026) Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 “Repent, and believe in the Gospel.” BLESSING AND DISTRIBUTION OF ASHES Dear brothers and sisters, let us humbly ask God our Father that he be pleased to bless with the abundance of his grace these ashes, which we will put on our heads in penitence. O God, who
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A, Feb 15. 2026) Matthew 5:17-37 “I have come … to fulfill” “Oh! How shall I find rest in You? Who will send You into my heart to inebriate it, so that I may forget my woes, and embrace You my only good? What are You to me? Have compassion on me, that
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A, Feb 8. 2026) Matthew 5:13-16 “… that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father.” (5:1) “Ah! brothers, look where the candle burns in Simeon’s hands; that is the light to light your tapers from, those lamps which the Lord would have you holding. Go to him and you will
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A, Feb 1. 2026) Matthew 5:1-12a “Jesus, seeing the crowds, went up into mountain…” (5:1) “Jesus, seeing the crowds, went up into a mountain.” If only we could sometimes do the same; see the crowds, dismiss them, and then “place ascending steps in our hearts”! But it is difficult in a crowd to see
“Thank you Sts. Robert, Alberic, and Stephen!” “Here begin the Usages of Cistercian monks It is well known that in the episcopate of Langres there is a monastery, Molesm by name, of the most celebrated renown, and remarkable for monastic observance. From its origin, God’s clemency within a short while made it illustrious by the gifts of his grace,