The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Christ Jesus could have regarded equality with God as something to be grasped or exploited, but He chose instead to be a human slave,...
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Assumption Abbey
- Aug 25
- 2 min
Queenship of Mary
Is. 9:1-3,5-7 Lk. 1:26-38 -The annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary in today’s Gospel inaugurates “the fullness of time,” the time of...
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Assumption Abbey
- Aug 2
- 2 min
Moses Face
Brothers, it is clear in today’s first reading that the radiance emanating from the skin of Moses’ face arose from his experience of a...
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Assumption Abbey
- Jul 25
- 3 min
Memorial of Saint Mary Magdalene, July 22
(John 20:1-2.11-18) -Today we celebrate the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, the woman whom the Lord had cast out seven demons, and whose...
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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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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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Assumption Abbey
- Aug 31, 2021
- 3 min
St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr - Fr Alberic Maisog
-According to the “Status of Global Mission” report which is published by the international Bulletin of Missionary Research there were,...
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Assumption Abbey
- Jul 29, 2021
- 3 min
Martha, Mary and Lazarus - Fr Alberic Maisog
Sts. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, July 29 “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things; one thing is needful, Mary has...
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Assumption Abbey
- Jun 24, 2021
- 3 min
John The Baptist
Brothers, the birth of John the Baptist, which we celebrate on this Solemnity, is an event of a type we see repeatedly in the bible: a...
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Assumption Abbey
- May 14, 2021
- 2 min
Wednesday of the sixth week of Easter - Fr Alberic Maisog
Our Lord said in the gospel: “I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the spirit of truth comes, he will...
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Assumption Abbey
- Feb 22, 2021
- 1 min
Chair of St Peter
Chair of St Peter By Fr. Alberic Maisog Undoubtedly St Peter is a large figure in Christian history and in the church, but one most...
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Assumption Abbey
- Oct 7, 2020
- 3 min
WEDNESDAY OF 27th WEEK
Upon entering a church, a child sees people, either on their knees or sitting, with their heads between their hands... He asked his...
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Assumption Abbey
- Jun 19, 2020
- 3 min
June 17 Homily - Fr Paul Jones
There is a time for living, and there is a time for dying -- and in our Old Testament reading this morning we have the story of dying, as...
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Assumption Abbey
- Jan 2, 2020
- 4 min
Mother of God
Mother of God – Year abc -From the beginning of salvation history God had ceaselessly engaged patriarchs, kings, prophets, and all manner...
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Assumption Abbey
- Jan 2, 2020
- 3 min
Holy Family
Holy Family – Yr abc -Today we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family, a feast instituted by the Church to support family life. The...
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