The Wonderful Lady Of Cana
Here at Notre Dame Priory we celebrated yesterday our first patronal feast as a community. As you may know, there is no existing feast of Our Lady of Cana in the Roman Liturgy, even though the mystery is commemorated today, the Second Sunday after Epiphany. We have, with provisional permission from the Archbishop of Hobart, put […]
Going Out And Going In
It’s been too long since my last blog. My excuse (a good one of course!) is that internet access in our new priory is quite unstable. It works, it doesn’t work… same for the phone… So be it, it’s a very small way of taking part in the Lord’s poverty. I wanted to write something […]
Monks And Families
Today, the traditional Roman calendar celebrates the feast of the Holy Family. This devotion to Jesus, Mary and Joseph as a family is rather modern in its expression. It is undoubtedly one of the providential ways in which God sends us in every age the devotions that we need most. Today, the family is endangered […]
The Wise And The Brave
Wise men, Magi as they are called, come from the East in search of the great King, the one who had been announced as the Saviour, the very one who, from the beginning was promised as the woman’s seed and who would crush the head of the serpent. The Wise Men come from a pagan […]
Early Summer Outing
On the feast of the Holy Innocents, our community went on its quarterly outing. This time, we went north to pay a visit to our sisters at the Carmel of Launceston. It was a lovely time together in the large parlor during which the younger brothers experienced for the first time the joyful charm of […]
And Here We Are
Well, things are finally starting to look a bit more “normal” in our new priory, Bethlehem. It’s been a week since our official move. In that time, the solemn celebration of Christmas being excepted (see following post), our efforts have gone into making the new setting as close as possible to what a monastery should […]
First Christmas In Colebrook
One of the big advantages of the move to Rhyndaston is Colebrook church. Here are a couple shots of our Christmas Matins and midnight Mass.
“Missus Est”, A Day Of Grace
Today, Ember Wednesday in Advent, the liturgy invites us to turn our gaze to the Immaculate Virgin receiving from the archangel Gabriel the announce of the Saviour, and asking her to consent to God’s amazing plan in her life. The story we know, but each day we need to renew our faith in a God […]
I Say It Again: Rejoice!
Holy Mother Church reminds us today of those dear words of the Apostle St Paul: “Rejoice in the Lord always, again I say, Rejoice… For the Lord is near”… Joy, real joy, is a rare commodity nowadays. It seems that there is a strict proportion between an increase in pleasures of the senses and the […]