The Norbertine Fathers of St. Michael’s Abbey

The Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross

How can I look on you hanging from the cross, dear Savior, without being moved to deep gratitude for your merciful judgment of me? Such is the mercy revealed on the cross.

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Holy Saturday | The Great Fast, 2026

However our Lent has gone this year, and however this holy Saturday morning feels, let's run to the tomb with Saint Mary Magdalene. Let us rejoice together.

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Good Friday | The Great Fast, 2026

Good Friday teaches us that there will never be a proportion between God's love for us and our merit.

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Holy Thursday | The Great Fast, 2026

Put away everything else and enter deeply into the liturgical celebrations that begin this evening. Allow yourself a true celebration of the gifts of the priesthood and the Eucharist.

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Day Thirty Seven | The Great Fast, 2026

We're about to celebrate the Passover with our Lord at the Last Supper, accompany him on the terrible journey to Calvary, witness his awful Passion and death, and then rise with him to new life in his glorious resurrection. Stay with the Lord.

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Day Thirty Six | The Great Fast, 2026

Our entire Lenten preparation, all our fasting, prayer and almsgiving, has been about opening our eyes so that we can see the face of Christ during these holiest of days. Let's ask for the grace to stay close to him.

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Day Thirty Five | The Great Fast, 2026

We may face the fasting and liturgical rigors of the week ahead with some reluctance. And yet, we can trust that our blessed Lord will give us everything we need (and so much more!) in the angelic work we undertake as members of the Church.

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Day Thirty Four | The Great Fast, 2026

This upcoming week should be one of simply following in Christ's footsteps: of seeing Judas betray him, of his final heartfelt moments spent with the apostles, of the terror and darkness, of him tasting death for us, and of the lasting joy that is his victory and will one day be ours.

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Day Thirty Three | The Great Fast, 2026

Spiritual progress happens gradually. Remember St. Francis de Sales's admonition to have patience with all things, but first of all with yourself. Christ chose the time in which to be captured, so as to enter into his passion at the fullness of time. He has a particular hour for you with all things, too.

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Day Thirty Two | The Great Fast, 2026

Hypocrisy is a difficult vice to detect in ourselves since it is so bound up with pride and ultimately produces spiritual blind spots. In order to combat this vice of hypocrisy, we have to be completely transparent with God and ourselves.

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Day Thirty One | The Great Fast, 2026

Today, we have a small reprieve from the rigors of our Lenten observance. We rejoice with our Lord and our Lady. But as we continue on into Passiontide, we should always be mindful that the cross was inevitable. From the very beginning, the crucifixion was already inscribed into the incarnation.

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Day Thirty | The Great Fast, 2026

Christ's cross and his wounded humanity are the cause for our salvation and our healing, for by his wounds we were and are healed. The question is, do we really and truly believe that? Do we see our sins mapped out on to the savior's crucified body?

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