No sooner has Good Friday drawn to a close than Holy Mother Church begins to anticipate the Resurrection. Holy Saturday’s liturgy is rife with psalms that speak of the confident rest of the soul who trusts in the Lord.
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Few words are recorded of Christ during His Passion. Unjustly condemned, He does not speak out to defend Himself and argue His case. Mocked and abused, He does not return insult or protest the harsh treatment.
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When the Lord entered the Garden of Gethsemane, He left us the ultimate model of surrender to the Father’s will. The cross looming before His eyes, yet His filial love of the Father led Him to pray only that His Father’s will be accomplished.
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Today, as a fitting start to the holiest week of the year, we discussed Our Lord’s Way of the Cross and the Crucifixion.
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Jesus makes a triumphal entry into the city of Jerusalem, and yet in the midst of a splendid reception He is eminently humble. The note of humility resounds through the liturgy of Palm Sunday, in the prayers and in the scripture readings.
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In past years, we have shared with you all the beautiful reflections of Mother Catherine Marie on this, the holiest week of the year. Here are all her musings, gathered into one place.
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View the schedule of our 2019 Holy Week Liturgies.
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Today’s session focused on the many facets of Jesus’ trial before Pontius Pilate.
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In honor of St. Gabriel’s feast day the novitiate members and some of the younger nuns treated us to a skit based on his life.
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In this session, Dr. Sri covers the arrest of Jesus and His trial before the Sanhedrin, giving us plenty of material for discussion!
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One year ago today, we officially launched our new website!
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Last weekend, we welcomed three young women to the monastery for a few days of prayer and discovery as they learned about discernment and the Passionist life.
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As a way to delve more deeply into our Passionist charism this Lent, we have begun working on a community Bible study: Dr. Edward Sri’s No Greater Love: A Biblical Walk Through Christ’s Passion. Today we’re excited to share with you the fruits of our first discussion
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Today we shared our insights on the second half of God’s beautiful love song to humanity, the Song of Songs.
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During Mother John Mary and Sr. Mary Veronica’s recent trip to Rome for the First General Chapter of the Monastic Congregation, they were blessed with many opportunities to visit holy sites.
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An assortment of important people and events from our Monastic Congregation’s General Chapter in Rome!
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Today we began discussing one of the most unusual books of the Bible: the Song of Songs, or Song of Solomon.
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Today we continued our Scriptural theme study on the Divine Bridegroom with Hosea chapter 2.
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Welcome back to our Scripture sharing series! This time, we’ve decided to focus our prayer and sharing on some of the scripture texts explored Dr. Brant Pitre’s course on Jesus the Bridegroom. Our first passage was Ezekiel 16, an extended metaphor of Israel’s relationship to her Divine Bridegroom.
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A little levity to brighten up your Monday!
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