Autumn has definitely arrived, as is evident in today’s photo, taken just outside our cloister building where the monks live. The changing of the many cottonwood trees along the Gallina River, across from the Chama River which runs through our property, is making for a very striking picture just now as well.
We have yet to get freezing temperatures at night, but that is likely to occur within the next few weeks or sooner. Snow can sometimes fall as early as mid or late October. We shall see what this year holds in store.
At this time too the two dozen outdoor potted plants in the cloister garden are now being brought in, as a precautionary measure. They are kept during the Winter along a corridor leading to church and can be enjoyed coming to or from communal activities.
We are staying well, thanks be to God, enjoying the pleasant weather, which includes intermittent rain, always a welcome sight in this part of the world.
We send greetings, prayers and thanks for all our families, friends, benefactors and oblates.
Happy Autumn and enjoy the many feasts in the coming days and weeks: the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael; Saint Jerome, Saint Therese of Lisieux, the Guardian Angels, Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Bruno, Our Lady of the Rosary, Saint Teresa of Avila, Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Saint Luke the Evangelist, Saints Simon and Jude.
Abbot Christian and the monks
