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
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 […]
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
