The Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Join the Norbertines of St. Michael's Abbey as we pray the Holy Rosary.

A Pilgrim's Prayer to Saint Norbert

O glorious St. Norbert, once a pilgrim like ourselves on earth: lead us to rejoice with you one day in the land of eternal Easter.

The Fifth Sunday in Lent

A grain of wheat falling to the earth and dying looks as though it has come to the end of its life-cycle. But in fact if it dies, if it turns into seed in the earth, it may yield a rich harvest. So it will be with Jesus, with no ‘may’ about it. From his Death will flow the salvation of the world.

The Fourth Sunday in Lent

On the whole most people do not care for snakes, despite the frequent beauty of their skins. However, these unpleasant associations were not the main things that came to mind when people in the ancient world thought about snakes. There snakes were symbols of healing.

The Third Sunday in Lent

Stating obligations, however necessary and desirable, is not in itself friendship. And even Jerusalem is of little use unless one is a Jew. So finally, then, Jesus offers his own way into the experience of God.

The Second Sunday in Lent

Today’s Gospel is the story of the Transfiguration, a very untypical example of a Lenten Gospel even if it has occupied this place in the worship of the Roman rite for a long time.

The First Sunday of Lent

In the Our Father, we say ‘Lead us not into temptation’, and clearly the prayer is needed because in today’s Gospel, on the Sunday of Temptations, we find the Spirit leading no less a person than the Son of God himself into the desert precisely in order to be tempted. And there is something very strange here.

The Presentation of the Lord

Jesus Christ is presented in the Temple, even as He is, Himself, the perfect temple of God.

Mary Mother of God

When He looked up at her face smiling at Him, the mirror neurons in His infant brain fired. And then He tried to smile like her and they fired again.

Why do we need Christmas?

This is not the question of why the Child deserves it, but rather why do we need to do this? What is it in us that cannot count the year as complete unless we celebrate this holy day?

Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe

This December, we honor Our Lady of Guadalupe, beloved Patroness of the Americas, and ask for our spiritual mother for her continued protection and intercession in our own lives. ‍

Foolishness for God

Fr. Abbot's homily in thanksgiving for members of the Abbot's Circle.

Let Us Watch For The Lord