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Assumption Abbey
Apr 5, 20232 min read
Palm Sunday - Fr Basil
Is. 50:4-7; Phil 2:6-11; Matt 27:11-54 The Church celebrates this sixth Sunday of Lent as both Palm Sunday and Passion Sunday. This is...
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Assumption Abbey
Mar 29, 20233 min read
March 25 – The Annunciation of the Lord
-Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Annunciation. This is the moment when we celebrate the wedding of the Holy Spirit with humanity,...
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Assumption Abbey
Mar 22, 20233 min read
St. Joseph, Husband of the BVM - Fr Alberic Maisog
-There had been lots of people who had written about St. Joseph. They did this primarily by meditating his dignity and integrity. -The...
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Assumption Abbey
Mar 22, 20233 min read
Fr Alberic Farbolins March 18th Homily
Working in the wine house at Thien Phuoc monastery recently, I was enjoying a mid-morning break, with five or six other monks, when one...
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Assumption Abbey
Mar 1, 20238 min read
Fr Paul's February Newsletter
Dear Friends, Lent, 2023 For my February week at the...
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Assumption Abbey
Feb 23, 20234 min read
7th Sunday OT – Year A - Fr. Alberic Maisog
-Many years ago Newsweek magazine carried a moving story. What first got you interested in the story was the photograph that accompanied...
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Assumption Abbey
Jan 31, 20238 min read
Fr Paul's January Newesletter
Fr. Basil, Superior, has asked that I make clear that these reports represent my perceptions and not necessarily that of the monastery as...
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Assumption Abbey
Jan 18, 20233 min read
Mother of God – January 1 - ABC By Fr. Alberic Maisog
Numbers 6:22-27/ Galatians 4:4-7/ Luke 2:16-21 -Every job has a title (job title), and with that title comes the dignity of the job and...
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Assumption Abbey
Dec 28, 20229 min read
Fr Paul's December Newsletter
Fr. Basil, Superior, has asked that I make clear that these reports represent my perceptions and not necessarily that of the monastery....
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Assumption Abbey
Nov 21, 20229 min read
Fr. Paul's November Newsletter
Dear Friends, The trip from the HermitageSpiritual RetreatCenter to Assumption Abbey made it official that fall is over. Leaves that...
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Assumption Abbey
Oct 19, 20227 min read
Fr Paul's October Newsletter
Dear Friends Mid October, 2022 I was not eager to leave the...
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Assumption Abbey
Sep 21, 20227 min read
Fr Paul's September Newsletter
Dear Friends, September 12-18, 2022 I thought that my drive to the Monastery...
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Assumption Abbey
Aug 23, 20227 min read
Fr Paul's August Newsletter
Dear Friends, It has been almost two months since I was last at the monastery, having cancelled my September visit because of the...
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Assumption Abbey
Jun 29, 20227 min read
Fr Paul's June Newsletter
Dear Friends, Mid June, 2022 I likely will never tire of driving the back...
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Assumption Abbey
May 24, 20223 min read
Good Friday
Good Friday In the passion story according to John which we have just heard, the last words that Jesus said on the cross before he bowed...
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Assumption Abbey
May 24, 20226 min read
50 Days of Easter Tide
Dear Friends, The drive to the monastery provided splendid assurance that God’s favorite color is green. And whoever said that green and...
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Assumption Abbey
Apr 18, 202210 min read
Holy Week 2022
Dear Friends, When I left the Hermitage Spiritual Retreat Center for the monastery, spring had left daffodils and forsythia as her...
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Assumption Abbey
Apr 18, 20222 min read
March 29th Homily - Fr Alberic Farbolin
Brothers, we all feel our hearts warmed and gladdened by today’s gospel account of the man, lame, unable to walk who, with a word from...
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Assumption Abbey
Mar 7, 20225 min read
Ash Wednesday
Dear Friends, It was a gorgeous day as I left for the monastery, with a bright sun glittering on the melting snow. But there was sadness...
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