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Apr 22, 20205 min read

March / April Newsletter

Dear Associates and Friends, A BLESSED & HAPPY EASTER SEASON! This Lent and Easter season turns out to be special this year for the whole...

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Mar 2, 20207 min read

Ash Wednesday

Dear Friends, Ash Wednesday Week Our spring rains began early, washing the world all the way to the monastery. It was only a week since I...

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Feb 25, 20207 min read

February 2020 Newsletter

Dear Friends, When I left the Hermitage Spiritual Retreat Center there were patches of snow decorating the landscape. But as I went...

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Jan 22, 20205 min read

January 2020 Newsletter

Dear Friends, The week before coming to the monastery was discouraging. My e-mail got sick -- unwilling to send or receive messages....

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Jan 2, 20204 min read

Mother of God

Mother of God – Year abc -From the beginning of salvation history God had ceaselessly engaged patriarchs, kings, prophets, and all manner...

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Jan 2, 20203 min read

Holy Family

Holy Family – Yr abc -Today we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family, a feast instituted by the Church to support family life. The...

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Aug 20, 20193 min read

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Today’s Old Testament reading focuses on a very tiny happening, yet it became a turning point in the whole history of Israel. It begins...

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Aug 20, 20194 min read

Twentieth Sunday, August 18, 2019

Can you imagine having to preach a homily that you didn’t want to preach? If so, maybe you can sympathize with me this morning. Like you,...

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Jun 25, 20194 min read

April May Newsletter

Dear Associates and Friends, The Lord be with you! Orchids turned out to be the sturdiest symbol of death and resurrection for us this...

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