Dear Friends of Clear Creek Monastery,
There is a passage from the Psalms that is dear to contemplative souls of all ages. In English it is thus rendered: “Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face, from the disturbance of men” (Psalm 30). This is the monk’s delight: to dwell habitually in silence, close to God, in order to delve deeply into the treasures of Divine Wisdom and Love.
However, there are moments when a monastery must become a beacon, when it must be the “city seated on a mountain” about which Christ spoke, and which “cannot be hid”. Such was the case this past April 12th, when joy abounded as a great number of our friends made their way to the monastery, despite much high-water left by recent storms, in order to celebrate with us our installation in the new and permanent monastery.
The sun was shining brightly, and there was certainly a sense of something good beaming upon the whole “House”, that is to say upon the whole Church: “Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house” (Matthew 5:15).
We can only be thankful for so many visible blessings — the result of many labors and of so much of your own generosity in the past — that forcefully speak of those others, the unseen ones, the secrets of grace, the secrets of hearts. We must also look forward now to the challenges that already appear on the horizon. In contemplating the beauty of the buildings that have now come to completion, one cannot help but see the great empty space, where the most important building of all must take its place, the abbatial church.
As you gaze upon the accompanying images of this great celebration and read some of the words our dear Bishop Slattery addressed to the great crowd of the faithful during his homily, we know you will, not only thank Almighty God with us for the many signs of His Divine Mercy towards us, but will also pray that we continue to find the help we need in order to build that essential part of “something beautiful for God”, which is the church. We know we can count on your generosity, both spiritual and material to continue making Our Lady of Clear Creek Monastery both a place of contemplation in the secret of the Lord’s Face and a lamp to shine upon all that are in the House. May Our Lady continue to keep you in the folds of her Immaculate mantle,
br. Philip Anderson, Prior of Our Lady of Clear Creek
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Dear Friends of Clear Creek Monastery,
There is a passage from the Psalms that is dear to contemplative souls of all ages. In English it is thus rendered: “Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face, from the disturbance of men” (Psalm 30). This is the monk’s delight: to dwell habitually in silence, close to God, in order to delve deeply into the treasures of Divine Wisdom and Love.
However, there are moments when a monastery must become a beacon, when it must be the “city seated on a mountain” about which Christ spoke, and which “cannot be hid”. Such was the case this past April 12th, when joy abounded as a great number of our friends made their way to the monastery, despite much high-water left by recent storms, in order to celebrate with us our installation in the new and permanent monastery.
The sun was shining brightly, and there was certainly a sense of something good beaming upon the whole “House”, that is to say upon the whole Church: “Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house” (Matthew 5:15).
We can only be thankful for so many visible blessings — the result of many labors and of so much of your own generosity in the past — that forcefully speak of those others, the unseen ones, the secrets of grace, the secrets of hearts. We must also look forward now to the challenges that already appear on the horizon. In contemplating the beauty of the buildings that have now come to completion, one cannot help but see the great empty space, where the most important building of all must take its place, the abbatial church.
As you gaze upon the accompanying images of this great celebration and read some of the words our dear Bishop Slattery addressed to the great crowd of the faithful during his homily, we know you will, not only thank Almighty God with us for the many signs of His Divine Mercy towards us, but will also pray that we continue to find the help we need in order to build that essential part of “something beautiful for God”, which is the church. We know we can count on your generosity, both spiritual and material to continue making Our Lady of Clear Creek Monastery both a place of contemplation in the secret of the Lord’s Face and a lamp to shine upon all that are in the House. May Our Lady continue to keep you in the folds of her Immaculate mantle,
br. Philip Anderson, Prior of Our Lady of Clear Creek
