First Sunday of Advent 2025
December 1, 2025
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
For this Sunday’s gospel, in the encounter between Jesus and the Pharisees who bring before him a woman caught in adultery (Jn 8:1-11), we see that Jesus’ words are spare. Both his few terse words and the gesture of his bending down into the silence twice communicate the new way of God embodied in Jesus. […]
Chapter Talk – Eighth Sunday of the Year – cycle-C – March 3, 2019 Next Sunday is Lent. This Sunday’s gospel could well be a good teaching to usher us into Lent. It reveals Jesus’ remarkable understanding of the human heart and soul. The gospel contains three pericopes and opens with: ‘Can a blind person guide a […]
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
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
Guided by the Holy Spirit, our Father Immediate, Dom Scott Dilworth and the community discerned that Sr. Claire Bouttin would lead our community effective July 28, 2025, as Superior. Sr.
