Baptism of the Lord
January 11, 2026
One grows up quickly in the gospel! Last Sunday with the Magi we were worshipping a small Child-in-a-manger and today we see coming to us an adult Jesus, willing to
“Without parables Jesus did not speak to them” (Mk 4:34). Why parables? Why did Jesus use this poetic form to teach the word of God? A parable reveals a universal truth. Often the parables contain paradoxical messages or “contrasting (antithetical) and complementary (synthetic) parallelism” (The Gospel in Parables, John Donahue, SJ, p.1). In today’s gospel […]
One grows up quickly in the gospel! Last Sunday with the Magi we were worshipping a small Child-in-a-manger and today we see coming to us an adult Jesus, willing to
Monastery Lentils A popular Guest House recipe that is vegan, easy to make and packed with flavor. Recipe calls for dry herbs – but use fresh for extra flavor. Serve
Sr. Veronique Geeroms was born in Ninove, Belgium part of the Low Countries, the land of mystics. And she was a ‘mystic’ of the ordinary daily monastic life. She comes
