The Shared Journey of Lent
February 22, 2026
In his message for Lent, Pope Leo proposes to us to “undertake a shared journey during Lent”. Immediately Pope Leo situates this time offered to us as a time together,
John Henry Newman said that the greatest desire in the human heart is waiting. Waiting for what or waiting for who? The whole Advent season is about this desire. The gospel of this Sunday quickly tells us who we are waiting for: the Son of Humankind. But we know that he came already, in the […]
Advent means ‘coming’…the God who is to come. The Latin word for Advent is ‘Adventus’ and the Greek word ‘Parousia’. Building on the early Patristic Fathers, the Cistercians of the twelfth century spoke of ‘three comings’: the first, the birth of Jesus in history; the second the coming or birth of Christ in the human […]
In his message for Lent, Pope Leo proposes to us to “undertake a shared journey during Lent”. Immediately Pope Leo situates this time offered to us as a time together,
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
