Receive the Gift of Christ
As the candles of the Advent wreath grow brighter week by week, we are reminded that God’s approach is gradual, tender, almost hidden.
Reflections
These are the highlights of the reflections given in mass. These often include a saint’s feast day as well as Lenten or Advent reflections.
Evening Praise: Feast of All Saints
It is the feast of All Saints. I remember coming home in the 70s and 80s and into the 90s when this chapel was so filled that we younger ones had to sit in the seats in the aisle. Sometimes when…
Remembrance and Reflection
The question, “What will God think if we don’t all arrive together?” lingers like a holy echo in this season.
Reflection for the Vigil of the Feast of the Dedication of Consecrated Churches
As we commemorate the consecration of our church, the Gospel reminds us that the place where we worship is not as relevant to salvation as the manner in which we worship. I just returned from the Philippines which has recently…
You Are a Gift
What a wonderful gift each guest is. As we hear your stories, we are blessed to share your pain as well as the joys.
Bringing in the Fruits of Our Labor
We’re coming to the time of harvest, the season of bringing in the fruits of our labor. On August 11, the Mount lost an amazing woman.
Memories, the promise of change, and a fresh start
August holds many memories of summer. The days are still long and warm, but there is a whisper, a promise of change.
Were not our hearts burning within us?
There is spiritual wisdom in slowing down, in stepping into the shade, in listening to the cicadas and the silence between.
Reflection for the Vigil of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
I recently read about a unique perspective on the sacred heart of Jesus proposed by a twelfth-century Cistercian abbot. In a Palm Sunday sermon, this abbot, Guerric of Igny, suggested that Jesus’ side was pierced when he was on the…
Growth, Light, and the Spirit of Pentecost
Nature is in full bloom, and this external flourishing mirrors a call to tend our inner garden. Spiritually, this can be a time to ask, what parts of me are blossoming?
Mourning Pope Francis in the Season of Easter, a Season of Hope
The resurrection is the ultimate triumph over sin and death, transforming sorrow into joy and despair into hope.
Reflection for Vigil of Palm Sunday
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” In preparing this reflection for Palm Sunday, I watched the episode of The Chosen that shows the time before Jesus’s entrance into Jerusalem. I also was reading a book…
