Friday after Ash Wednesday
Is 58:1-9; Ps 51: 3-6, 18, 19; Mk 9:14-15 What a rare thing indeed: a heart contrite and humbled. Yet, this is what Lent is supposed to produce. In this desert retreat we are bound to encounter our demons and our weakness, and it is just such encounters that are supposed to initiate a conversion […]
Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Dt 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 9:22-25 The way of the just is the way of the Christ. The Lord Jesus identified himself as the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Those who hope in the Lord are truly blessed; they follow the way of the Just One, Jesus Christ. Our blessing is to turn […]
Ash Wednesday
Jl 2:12-18; Ps 51:3-6, 12-14, 17; 2Cor 5:20-6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 If we prayed Psalm 51 every day throughout lent, perhaps then we would retrieve the joy of God’s salvation. However, this may be just too much to ask; so perhaps we could simply pray for forty days, “Lord, give me back the joy of […]
Online Mass Schedule for Ash Wednesday, Lent, Easter
Saint Vincent Archabbey and Seminary will join the Saint Vincent Basilica Parish for the live broadcast of Mass. These include the Ash Wednesday Mass, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 15; the five Sundays of Lent at 9:30 a.m. February 21 and 28, March 7, 14 and 21; 9:30 a.m. Palm Sunday, March 28 and 9:30 […]
Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Gn. 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10; Ps 29:1-4, 3b, 9c-10; Mk 8:14-21 We join in religious community to give the LORD glory and praise, to give Him the glory due his name. We would adore the LORD in holy attire. In prayer and meditation they would listen to the voice of the LORD. In the temple […]
Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Gn 4:1-15,25; Ps 50:1,8,16bc,17,20,21; Mk 8:11-13 Liturgy, that is not one with all of life, is not pleasing to the LORD God Almighty. It is never enough for us to recite his statues or profess his covenant with our mouth; we must delight in his discipline and never speak against our siblings much less hate […]
Saturday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Gn 3:9-24; Ps 90:2-6,12,13; Mk 8:1-10 From day to day the LORD God calls out to us: “Where are you?” Our Creator wants to take a walk with us and enjoy our fellowship. Yet, still we hide ourselves because we feel guilty. The Lord Jesus, the eternally faithful son of the Father has come to […]
Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Gn 3:1-8; Ps 32:1-7; Mk 7:31-37 As our psalm has us pray, “the LORD is kind and merciful!” Even though He knows how weak and twisted we really are from the first encounter with the most cunning of all the animals. In the gospel the Lord Jesus continues to work signs and wonders among the […]
Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
Gn 2:18-25; Ps 128:1-5; Mk 7:24-30 With Saint Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes, we bless the LORD! He is clothed with majesty and glory, robed in light as with a cloak. The Blessed Mother was clothed in white encircled by a blue girdle. Also she wore a white veil, and there was a yellow […]
Father Killian To Address Stability In February 21 Talk
Oblates from all locations and guests are invited to monthly meetings at the Archabbey. The February 21 talk will be by Father Killian Loch, O.S.B., on “Stability in Benedictine Spirituality.” Father Killian has been a monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey since 2010 and a priest for more than 40 years. He is presently director of […]
Memorial of Saint Scholastica, virgin
Sg 8:6-7; Ps 148:1,2,11,13,14; Lk10:38-42 Saint Scholastica and Saint Benedict were twins. They came from wealth and gave all they had away to God and to the needy, and they lived a life of simplicity and contemplation. Early monks and nuns often murmured wisdom because they were memorizing the psalms and other scripture passages in […]
Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Gn 1:20-2:4a; Ps 8:4-9; Mk 7:1-13 What is man that you should be mindful of him? Who are we that the LORD God Almighty even takes notice of us? Our beauty and goodness have been distorted and twisted by sin. Even after his Paschal Mystery has liberated us from sin and evil, still we continue […]
Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Gn1:1-19; Ps104:1,2a,5,6,10,12,24,35c; Mk 6:53-56 The LORD is glad in his works. This divine gladness summons us to Bless the LORD for his greatness. We behold with eyes of faith the LORD clothed with majesty and glory; He is robed in light as with a cloak. The LORD has fixed the earth upon its foundations, and […]
Memorial of Saint Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs
Heb 13:15-17, 20-21; Ps 23:1-6; Mk 6:30-34 Saint Paul Miki and his fellow martyrs were the faithful ones who cried out for joy in their witness to the treasure of the Kingdom of God. The Father’s promise of life eternal in his Son, Jesus Christ, through the Holy Spirit was the treasure more precious […]
Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Heb 13:1-8; Ps 27:1,3,5,8,9; Mk 6:14-29 Perhaps we should fear someone who can decapitate us. Perhaps we should be afraid of those who are envious of our virtue. Perhaps we have much to fear if we do not know that the LORD is our light and our salvation. With Saint John the Baptist and all […]
Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Heb 12:18,19,21-24; Ps 48:2-4,9-11; Mk 6:7-13 Great is the LORD and wholly to be praised; indeed, all who seek Him find his mercy within His Temple. Anyone who seeks the mercy of the LORD finds mercy, compassion and healing in the city of the great King, within his stronghold. In his own time, which is […]
Wednesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Heb 12:4-7,11-15; Ps 103:1,2,13,14,17,18a; Mk 6:1-6 Today we join the faithful saints throughout the ages in blessing the Lord and never forgetting all his benefits. From his throne above all other thrones, the Lord judges, and his judgment is nothing less than sheer mercy. The Lord, who rules over all, offers all his pardon and […]
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Mal 3:1-4; Ps 24:7-10; Heb 2:14-18; Lk 2:22-40 Never has the city of Jerusalem been so open. The gates are flung wide open; the lintels are lifted high; the portals couldn’t be more accessible. Why all the excitement? The King of Glory approaches; his brightness is at the gate. Suddenly he comes to the temple; […]
Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Heb 11:32-40; Ps 31:20-24; Mk 5:1-20 Only by becoming a saint will anyone enjoy the fullness of the Kingdom of God. Notice it’s about becoming a saint not about being canonized a saint. Still, this is one of the most revolutionary teachings from Vatican Council II. Every child of God is welcome to hide in […]
Saturday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
Heb 11:1-2, 8-19; Lk 1:69-75; Mk 4:35-41 Israel is the special possession of the LORD. Throughout history the LORD, the God of Israel, has been there for his chosen people to rescue, restore, and redeem his Beloved. Again and again the LORD has raised up a mighty savior, born of the house of his servant […]