30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, Oct 26, 2025) Luke 18:9-14 “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled,and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” (Luke 18:14)   The twelfth degree of humilityis that a monk not only have humility in his heartbut also by his very appearance make it always manifestto those who see him.That is to say

Saturday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time Luke 13:1-9 “He told them this parable: “There was once a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard…”   (Luke 13:21) When you look out to the west from our refectory you can see our beautiful velvet ash tree. It started out thirty-some years ago as a little slip of

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, Oct 19, 2025) Luke 18:1-8 Abba Agathon said: “If you only pray at the times of prayer, you do not pray at all.” Then, how can we pray continually? Abba Isaac said: We must give you the form of this spiritual contemplation, on which you may always fix your gaze with the utmost steadiness

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, Oct 12, 2025) Luke 17:11-19 Hear me, therefore, here me, O Lord my God, and let Thine eyes be open on them day and night. Spread Thou Thy wings, most loving Lord, and shield them; stretch forth Thy holy right hand, Lord, and bless them; and pour into their hearts Thy Holy Spirit,

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, Oct 5, 2025) Luke 17:5-10   “I will not serve,” man says to his Creator. “Then I will serve you,” his Creator says to man. “You sit down, I will minister, I will wash your feet. “You rest; I will bear your weariness, your infirmities. “Use me as you like in all your

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, Sep 28, 2025) Luke 16:19-31   ‘I wish you to be a friend of the poor, but I would rather you were poor yourself. The former is the stage of the proficient, the latter of the perfect. By friendship with the poor we consort with kings, but by love of poverty we become

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, Sep 21, 2025) Luke 16:1-13     Therefore, my advice to you, friends, is to turn aside from troubled and anxious reflection on your own progress, and escape to the easier paths of remembering the good things God has done. In this way, instead of becoming upset by thinking about yourself, you will