Eastertide, May 2023 - Fr Paul Jones
Dear Friends, The pain in my shoulders has recently spread into my back, resulting in periodic sharp pain. But on the way to the...
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Assumption Abbey
- Apr 20
- 4 min
2nd Sun of Easter - Yr A Divine Mercy Sunday - Fr Alberic Maisog
One cold December morning in Russia in 1849, 20 political prisoners were lined up to be shot by a firing squad. But just before the order...
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Assumption Abbey
- Apr 20
- 3 min
Holy Thursday Homily - Fr Basil
Holy Thursday (John 13:1-15) The Washing of the Disciples’ Feet Today is Holy Thursday and we come together in this Evening Mass of the...
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Assumption Abbey
- Apr 11
- 9 min
Holy Week 2023
Dear Friends, As I left the Hermitage Spiritual RetreatCenter on the Saturday before Palm Sunday, I looked for harbingers of that...
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Assumption Abbey
- Apr 5
- 2 min
Palm Sunday - Fr Basil
Is. 50:4-7; Phil 2:6-11; Matt 27:11-54 The Church celebrates this sixth Sunday of Lent as both Palm Sunday and Passion Sunday. This is...
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Assumption Abbey
- Mar 29
- 3 min
March 25 – The Annunciation of the Lord
-Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Annunciation. This is the moment when we celebrate the wedding of the Holy Spirit with humanity,...
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Assumption Abbey
- Mar 22
- 3 min
St. Joseph, Husband of the BVM - Fr Alberic Maisog
-There had been lots of people who had written about St. Joseph. They did this primarily by meditating his dignity and integrity. -The...
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Assumption Abbey
- Mar 22
- 3 min
Fr Alberic Farbolins March 18th Homily
Working in the wine house at Thien Phuoc monastery recently, I was enjoying a mid-morning break, with five or six other monks, when one...
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Assumption Abbey
- Mar 1
- 8 min
Fr Paul's February Newsletter
Dear Friends, Lent, 2023 For my February week at the...
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Assumption Abbey
- Feb 23
- 4 min
7th Sunday OT – Year A - Fr. Alberic Maisog
-Many years ago Newsweek magazine carried a moving story. What first got you interested in the story was the photograph that accompanied...
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Assumption Abbey
- Jan 31
- 8 min
Fr Paul's January Newesletter
Fr. Basil, Superior, has asked that I make clear that these reports represent my perceptions and not necessarily that of the monastery as...
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Assumption Abbey
- Jan 18
- 3 min
Mother of God – January 1 - ABC By Fr. Alberic Maisog
Numbers 6:22-27/ Galatians 4:4-7/ Luke 2:16-21 -Every job has a title (job title), and with that title comes the dignity of the job and...
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Assumption Abbey
- Dec 28, 2022
- 9 min
Fr Paul's December Newsletter
Fr. Basil, Superior, has asked that I make clear that these reports represent my perceptions and not necessarily that of the monastery....
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Assumption Abbey
- Nov 21, 2022
- 9 min
Fr. Paul's November Newsletter
Dear Friends, The trip from the HermitageSpiritual RetreatCenter to Assumption Abbey made it official that fall is over. Leaves that...
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Assumption Abbey
- Oct 19, 2022
- 7 min
Fr Paul's October Newsletter
Dear Friends Mid October, 2022 I was not eager to leave the...
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Assumption Abbey
- Sep 21, 2022
- 7 min
Fr Paul's September Newsletter
Dear Friends, September 12-18, 2022 I thought that my drive to the Monastery...
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Assumption Abbey
- Aug 23, 2022
- 7 min
Fr Paul's August Newsletter
Dear Friends, It has been almost two months since I was last at the monastery, having cancelled my September visit because of the...
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Assumption Abbey
- Jun 29, 2022
- 7 min
Fr Paul's June Newsletter
Dear Friends, Mid June, 2022 I likely will never tire of driving the back...
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Assumption Abbey
- May 24, 2022
- 3 min
Good Friday
Good Friday In the passion story according to John which we have just heard, the last words that Jesus said on the cross before he bowed...
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