The Annunciation celebrates Christ’s Incarnation. Every year we celebrate The Annunciation on 25th March. This year (2024), however, we don’t; instead we celebrate The Annunciation on 8th April. We also postponed The Annunciation in 2013, 2016, and 2018, and shall do so again in 2027, 2029, 2032, and 2035. In each of these years, March …
The O Antiphons refers to the Magnificat antiphons at Vespers during the last week of Advent. This is the culmination of the Advent time of preparation for Christmas. Advent is divided into two unequal parts. The first part looks forward to the second coming of Christ at the end of time, whereas the second part …
How many days are there in Lent? We all know that – it’s 40. Or is it? Lent starts on Ash Wednesday. There are four days before the First Sunday of Lent, then six weeks of Lent. That gives 46 days, not 40. But Sundays don’t count, so if we take off the six Sundays, …
Towards the end of September I put a message on this website saying it would be offline for a few days. It is now Christmas and the website is only just back online. In Psalm 89 we pray, ‘To your eyes a thousand years are like yesterday, come and gone, no more than a watch …
22nd-27th August 2022 Why do monks need to go on retreat? Surely their whole life is one of prayer? The purpose of the monastic life is to search for God. When a Novice or Junior monk applies to make temporary or solemn profession, the letter to the Abbot states, ‘I … desiring to seek God …
Feasts this Week
All are memoria unless otherwise stated.
Week beginning 15th September 2024
Sunday
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday
Ss Cornelius, pope, and Cyprian, bishop, martyrs
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Ss Theodore, bishop, and Adrian, abbot
Friday
Ss Andrew Taegon, Paul Chong, and Companions, martyrs
Saturday
St Matthew, apostle and evangelist (Feast)
Daily Reading from the Rule of St Benedict
CHAPTER 3: CALLING THE BRETHREN TO COUNCIL concluded
IN everything, therefore, let all follow the Rule as their master, and let no one rashly depart from it. In the monastery no one should follow the will of his own heart, and no one should dispute with his abbot insolently or when outside the monastery; if anyone dares to do this, he must undergo regular discipline. The Abbot for his part, however, must always act with fear of God and in conformity with the Rule, knowing that without any doubt he will have to render an account for all his judgments to God, the most just Judge. If there are any matters of less importance to be dealt with in the affairs of the monastery, let him avail himself of the advice of the seniors only, as it is written: ‘Do nothing without deliberation, and when you have acted you will not regret it’ (Ecclus. 32).
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The Annunciation celebrates Christ’s Incarnation. Every year we celebrate The Annunciation on 25th March. This year (2024), however, we don’t; instead we celebrate The Annunciation on 8th April. We also postponed The Annunciation in 2013, 2016, and 2018, and shall do so again in 2027, 2029, 2032, and 2035. In each of these years, March …
The O Antiphons refers to the Magnificat antiphons at Vespers during the last week of Advent. This is the culmination of the Advent time of preparation for Christmas. Advent is divided into two unequal parts. The first part looks forward to the second coming of Christ at the end of time, whereas the second part …
How many days are there in Lent? We all know that – it’s 40. Or is it? Lent starts on Ash Wednesday. There are four days before the First Sunday of Lent, then six weeks of Lent. That gives 46 days, not 40. But Sundays don’t count, so if we take off the six Sundays, …
Towards the end of September I put a message on this website saying it would be offline for a few days. It is now Christmas and the website is only just back online. In Psalm 89 we pray, ‘To your eyes a thousand years are like yesterday, come and gone, no more than a watch …
22nd-27th August 2022 Why do monks need to go on retreat? Surely their whole life is one of prayer? The purpose of the monastic life is to search for God. When a Novice or Junior monk applies to make temporary or solemn profession, the letter to the Abbot states, ‘I … desiring to seek God …