Homily for Easter Sunday Day Mass — Cycle C—2019
Homily for Easter Sunday Day Mass — Cycle C–2019 FIRST READING Acts of the Apostles 10:34a, 37-43 Peter proceeded to speak and said: “You know what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached; how God...EASTER VIGIL MASS—CYCLE C—2019
EASTER VIGIL MASS–CYCLE C–2019 FIRST READING Genesis 1:1–2:2 In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters. Then God said,...Good Friday 2019
Good Friday 2019 FIRST READING Isaiah 52:13-53:12 See, my servant shall prosper; he shall be raised high and greatly exalted. Even as many were amazed at him–so marred was his look beyond human semblance and his appearance beyond that of the sons of...Great and Holy Week
Dear Friends in Christ, Holy Week begins each year on Passion Sunday, usually called Palm Sunday, this year on April 14th. With the Church’s evening prayer of Vespers on the Saturday night before Palm Sunday, Holy Week actually starts. In our liturgical tradition this...Holy Thursday 2019
Holy Thursday 2019 FIRST READING Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall stand at the head of your calendar; you shall reckon it the first month of the year. Tell the whole community of Israel: On the tenth...6th Sunday of Lent – Passion Sunday – Cycle C–2019
6th Sunday of Lent – Passion Sunday – Cycle C–2019 FIRST READING Isaiah 50:4-7 The Lord God has given me a well-trained tongue, that I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them. Morning after morning he opens my ear that I...Abbatial Blessing
Dear Friends in Christ, More than a week has already passed since the Abbatial Blessing here on Monday, March 25, 2019, the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord. I am happy to report that everything went very well! The days leading up to March 25th were full and...5th Sunday of Lent – Cycle C—2019
5th Sunday of Lent – Cycle C–2019 FIRST READING Isaiah 43:16-21 Thus says the Lord, who opens a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters, who leads out chariots and horsemen, a powerful army, till they lie prostrate together, never to rise, snuffed...
Abbatial Blessing of Abbot Christian Leisy, OSB on the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord
A Resplendent Day for an Abbatial Blessing On the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, the Most Reverend John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe blessed the Rt. Rev. Dom Christian Leisy, OSB as Abbot of the Monastery of Christ in the Desert. Approximately 400...4th Sunday of Lent, Cycle C—2019
4th Sunday of Lent, Cycle C–2019 FIRST READING Joshua 5:9a, 10-12 The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have removed the reproach of Egypt from you.” While the Israelites were encamped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they celebrated the Passover on...Two New Simply Professed
On March 21st, the Feast of the Passing of Our Holy Father Saint Benedict, two of our novices made their simple or first profession of vows, promising obedience, stability and conversion of life as Benedictine monks. This took place during the Conventual Mass at our...Two New Novices
We received two new novices into our community on Wednesday evening, March 20th. They are Brothers Charbel Gomez and Benedetto Reinte, pictured here with Abbot Christian. Please keep these brothers in your prayers and be assured of their prayers as well.3rd Sunday of Lent, Cycle C–2019
3rd Sunday of Lent, Cycle C–2019 FIRST READING Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15 Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. Leading the flock across the desert, he came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There an angel of the Lord appeared...A Lenten Meditation
Once upon a time a father gave his little son some chewing gum, and the son took it but said nothing. “What do you say when you are given something good?” asked the father. “I want more,” replied the child. That is an understandable enough reaction of a little...2nd Sunday of Lent, Cycle C—2019
2nd Sunday of Lent, Cycle C–2019 FIRST READING Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18 The Lord God took Abram outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can. Just so,” he added, “shall your descendants be.” Abram put his faith...Abbatial Blessing of Abbot Christian Leisy , OSB Monday, March 25, 2019
1st Sunday of Lent, Cycle C–2019
1st Sunday of Lent, Cycle C–2019 FIRST READING Deuteronomy 26:4-10 Moses spoke to the people, saying: “The priest shall receive the basket from you and shall set it in front of the altar of the Lord, your God. Then you shall declare before the Lord,...A Blessed and Holy Lenten Season to All!
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8th Sunday of the Year, Cycle C–2019 FIRST READING Sirach 27:4-7 When a sieve is shaken, the husks appear; so do one’s faults when one speaks. As the test of what the potter molds is in the furnace, so in tribulation is the test of the just. The fruit...Photos From the Benedictine Abbots Workshop at Saint Bernard Abbey, Cullmam, Alabama
Cemetery chapel, Saint Bernard Abbey, Cullmam, Alabama, where Abbot Christian is attending the annual Benedictine Abbots Workshop this week. Spring is arriving in Alabama, where Abbot Christian is this week for Abbots’...7th Sunday of the Year—Cycle C—2019
7th Sunday of the Year–Cycle C–2019 FIRST READING 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23 In those days, Saul went down to the desert of Ziph with three thousand picked men of Israel, to search for David in the desert of Ziph. So David and Abishai went among...6th Sunday of Ordinary Time — Cycle C –2019
6th Sunday of Ordinary Time — Cycle C –2019 FIRST READING Jeremiah 17:5-8 Thus says the Lord: Cursed is the one who trusts in human beings, who seeks his strength in flesh, whose heart turns away from the Lord. He is like a barren bush in the desert...Teacher
Dear Friends in Christ, It has been many years since I have been a regular teacher in the formation program at our monastery, but as abbot I am doing it once again. In the past, I mostly taught classes to the postulants and novices on the Books of Psalms, the Rule of...5th Sunday of Ordinary Time-Cycle C-2019
5th Sunday of Ordinary Time-Cycle C-2019 FIRST READING Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8 In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne, with the train of his garment filling the temple. Seraphim were stationed above. They cried one to the other,...
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