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The Norbertine Fathers of St. Michael’s Abbey

Day Ten | The Great Fast, 2026

If God has not yet compensated for the wrongs done to us during our time here on Earth, then we are guaranteed a reward of His in heaven by His most generous grace. If we spend ourselves more than we are obliged to, God will return our generosity.

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Day Nine | The Great Fast, 2026

Our Lord goes beyond the external practice of the law and commands what no human law has jurisdiction over. He orders our feelings and desires. He commands that we be so like him that we imitate even his inner virtue.

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Day Eight | The Great Fast, 2026

God has not treated us according to our sins, but has freely forgiven us in order to show how deeply he cares for us. He has given us every good thing so that he might draw our attention to himself.

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Day Seven | The Great Fast, 2026

The great body of Christ is striving together to live out externally the conversion that is happening inwardly, as we look forward to the great day of resurrection.

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Day Six | The Great Fast, 2026

There is incredible wisdom and direction contained in the Lord's Prayer. We can know and want all that God wants for us (at least in a general way!) by examining what he tells us to include in our prayers.

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Day Five | The Great Fast, 2026

This is the heart of communion: we can unite our hearts with others to such an extenet that we can truly say that we live the same life as them. As Christians, we live with God.

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Day Four | The Great Fast, 2026

Today, on this Saturday after Ash Wednesday, our Lord is looking upon each one of us with mercy, loving us, inviting us to turn around and to follow him.

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Day Three | The Great Fast, 2026

Through your prayers, fasting and almsgiving today, let our blessed Lord expand your heart with his love, so that the world will know that you are one of his disciples.

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Day Two | The Great Fast, 2026

You are going to have to take up your cross today, the very one that God has made for you to be your own personal royal road to heaven. We can joyfully take up this cross, because our Lord has already borne it for us.

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Ash Wednesday | The Great Fast, 2026

Lent is upon us. God, in his loving providence, is leading us, calling us to rid our souls of what deflects us from him.

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Lessons and Carols, 2025

Join us on for Advent Lessons and Carols as we prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ.

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A Reflection on Michaelmas, 2025

We are part of a growing movement--one that shows the Church at its best, and one that invties others to share in our joy. Join us!

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New Postulants, 2025

By the grace of God and under the mantle of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the house of formation at St. Michael’s Abbey has welcomed eight young men as postulants on the Feast of our Holy Father, St. Augustine.

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