Resurrected Life
May 12, 2025
Shadow and light belong together. Together shadow and light bring forth the inherent beauty of all that they touch…They, together, are like a paint brush on nature and upon our
Chapter Talk – 32nd Sunday of the Year – November 6, 2022 We just celebrated All Saints. It is a profound solemnity of the Church. Each year our first Vespers opens the solemnity of All Saints with this amazing text from St. Symeon the New Theologian: “The saints in each generation, joined together to those […]
Chapter Talk – All Saints – November 1, 2020 “The eyes of the saint make all beauty holy and the hands of the saint consecrate everything they touch to the glory of God, and the saint is never offended by anything and judges no one’s sin” (New Seeds of Contemplation, p.24). These words of Thomas […]
Chapter Talk – All Saints – November 1, 2019 “O God, keep us faithful to the gift which they received with such joy and handed on at such cost.” This is an excerpt from a prayer for the feast of the apostles Simon and Jude. The gift they received was their ‘mission’, their mission of proclaiming […]
Today on this Solemnity of All Saints we have many things to be grateful for and to ponder. We celebrate the anniversary of the foundation of this monastery and honor our two sisters, Godelieve and Veronique, who were part of the beginning of this monastery and continue to be faithful witnesses through their monastic calling, […]
Shadow and light belong together. Together shadow and light bring forth the inherent beauty of all that they touch…They, together, are like a paint brush on nature and upon our
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
“The summit of the Liturgical Year is the Easter Triduum—from the evening of Holy Thursday to the evening of Easter Sunday. Though chronologically three days, they are liturgically one day
