St. Michael’s Abbey is a place for common worship and prayer. All that we do is directed at giving glory and honor to God. Walk with us as we work, daily, to strengthen our devotion and love for Christ, Who first loved us.
Let us remember that we are pilgrims, sojourners, members of a church militant here on earth, and that our time in this world is short.
At last, we arrive at day nine of our novena. As it is with every pilgrimage, we arrive, and then we are sent.
My friends, peace is not the absence of struggle. It is the presence of God.
In these final days of our Novena, we ask for the grace of humble obedience. A pilgrimage (even a spiritual pilgrimage like this one that we are making together) reminds us that we are not in control.
In a sense, contending with doubt is inevitable. Against all the evil in the world and against the weakness of our own spirit we feel small and helpless.
How can we tell right from wrong? In most cases, thanks be to God, this is simple enough. But sometimes, knowing how best to serve the Lord is difficult.
Today we take a moment to examine zeal, the holy urgency that should engulf us like fire.
The third day of our novena holds out hope of perseverance through the intercession of God's holy angels.
The second day of our novena calls us to move beyond the darkness to a moment of deep conversion.
As we begin our journey toward the light on the feast of St. Michael, we seek to begin our time of preparation with the knowledge of where we truly stand before God.
In times when encounters with real evil in the world leave us overwhelmed, the surest path forward is not to seek something new, but to return with renewed fervor to the simple remedies the Church has always placed in our hands.
The more insight you gain through contemplating the Truth Who is God, the more of a sense of humor you will develop.
Fr. Claude reflects on the new pope's words.