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.
Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
“Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy… from the anxieties of daily life.”
We’ve all heard countless times in our life complaints that go something like, “God is so distant from me…He doesn’t care about me…He never speaks to me…
The priest finds the entire meaning of his existence in the Holy Eucharist. The priest is one who offers sacrifice, specifically, the One, Eternal Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Yet that is not all. The priest himself becomes identified with that sacrifice — as the one offered.
“The darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.” “Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is nothing in him to cause a fall.”
His greatness shall reach to the ends of the earth; he shall be peace. How does this happen to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
During this season of penance and mercy, the evil spirit, always envious of the human race, seeks to prevent us from profiting from God’s grace. His strategy is clever and manifold.
When I first began my studies in Rome, one of the most surprising, shocking, unexpected realities of the Eternal City was to find so much filth in the city streets.
You were once alienated and hostile in mind … God has now reconciled you in the fleshly body of Christ through His death – Saint Paul to the Colossians
“It is our duty to give you thanks, Lord… For you preserved the most Blessed Virgin Mary from all stain of original sin.”
Earth is illumined by the sun more than by a distant star. No matter how dark the night, the sun’s rays are inescapable when daylight returns. On the other hand, the reason stars twinkle at night is that their light carried on the waves of our atmosphere actually misses our eyes for a moment, so that our pupil is illumined by them not at all.
I’d like to have a moment of your time. I’m not asking for myself, but on behalf of the Lord Jesus.
The person and mission of St. John the Baptist has been foundational to the Norbertine Order from its inception.