Readings of the day: RB 1:1-5 The Kinds of MonksMass: Ac 17:15, 22-18:1; Resp Ps 148; Jn 16:12-15 Sculpture by Mardi Rees http://www.mardierees.com/work/#/terracotta-studies/HEAVEN AND EARTH ARE FULL OF YOUR GLORY.(Resp Ps 148)
Paul’s speech at the Aeropagus contains some of the most moving words in Scripture:
The God w

Readings of the day: RB 63:1-9 Community OrderMass: Ac 8:1b-8; Resp Ps 66; Jn 6:35-40


LET MY MOUTH BE FILLED WITH YOUR PRAISE, THAT I MAY SING ALOUD;MY LIPS SHALL SHOUT FOR JOY, WHEN I SING TO YOU, ALLELUIA.(Entrance Antiphon, Mass)
There is intensity in today’s scene from the Acts of the Apostles: severe persec

Readings of the day: RB 62 The Priests of the MonasteryMass: Ac 7:51-8:1a; Resp Ps 31; Jn 6:30-35


SING PRAISE TO OUR GOD, ALL YOU WHO FEAR GOD,BOTH SMALL AND GREAT, FOR NOW SALVATION AND STRENGTH HAVE COME, AND THE POWER OF HIS CHRIST, ALLELUIA.(Entrance Antiphon, Mass)
Sing to the Lord a new song, and you wish

Readings of the day: RB 7:62-70Mass: 1 Kings 11:29-32; 12:19; Resp. Psalm 81; Mark 7:31-37
Sr Veronique on her daily walk
Then Jesus ordered them to tell no one;but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.
Here we have the people’s reaction to Jesus opening the ears and releasing the tongue of a

Saint Marianne Cope (d. 1918 after serving lepers in Hawaii for over 30 years)Saint Vincent, Deacon, Martyr (c. 304)
Readings of the day: RB 5:14-19Mass: 2 Samuel 6:12b-15; Resp. Psalm 24; Mark 3:31-35

David danced before the Lord with all his might.
The verse above is yet another one