Dear Friend of Clear Creek Abbey, As angry voices fuel the endless debates of partisan politics and simple souls find themselves ever more confused amid the struggles of a society having lost its human and divine bearings, we aspire as … Read More
The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made anything from the beginning (Wisdom 8). Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, My Very Dear Sons, As with every solemnity of the Holy Roman Catholic Church, this … Read More
Post haec vidi turbam magnam…After this I saw a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and … Read More
My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky … — William Wordsworth Dear Friend of Clear Creek Abbey, If there is a biblical image that speaks to all mankind—in all times and places—it is surely that … Read More
Delivered during a Special Mass on the occasion of the Centennial celebration of the apparitions at Fatima. Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,My Very Dear Sons, At a moment when the world is torn apart by acts of terror and … Read More
Information about the upcoming Gregorian Chant Weekend has been posted. You can also register online.
Signum magnum apparuit in caelo…A great sign appeared in Heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars. (Apoc. 12,1.) Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, My … Read More
Dear Friend of Clear Creek Abbey, Though the beauty of its sacred melodies rarely echoes in the parishes and religious communities of our time, Gregorian chant has a way of surviving the vicissitudes of liturgical decline and renewal. Despite the … Read More
Dear Friend of Clear Creek Abbey, As this mysterious thing we call “time” inexorably devours people and things, it carries all before it like a river moving toward the sea of eternity. But this mystery also fulfills the providential plan … Read More
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, My very Dear Sons, Where are the men in our day? Where are the giants? The book of Genesis tells us that in early times “there were giants upon the earth [in Hebrew, “Nephilim”]…the … Read More
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, My very dear sons, In her spiritual Diary, Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, the apostle of Divine Mercy, writes of a vision she was granted, one centered on the Last Supper and the Institution of … Read More
