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    Good Friday
    Assumption Abbey
    • May 24
    • 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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    St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr - Fr Alberic Maisog
    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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    Martha, Mary and Lazarus - Fr Alberic Maisog
    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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    John The Baptist
    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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    Wednesday of the sixth week of Easter - Fr Alberic Maisog
    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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    Chair of St Peter
    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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    WEDNESDAY OF 27th WEEK
    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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    June 17 Homily - Fr Paul Jones
    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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    Mother of God
    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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    Holy Family
    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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    Wednesday, July 17, 2019
    Assumption Abbey
    • Aug 20, 2019
    • 3 min

    Wednesday, July 17, 2019

    Today’s Old Testament reading focuses on a very tiny happening, yet it became a turning point in the whole history of Israel. It begins...
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    Twentieth Sunday, August 18, 2019
    Assumption Abbey
    • Aug 20, 2019
    • 4 min

    Twentieth Sunday, August 18, 2019

    Can you imagine having to preach a homily that you didn’t want to preach? If so, maybe you can sympathize with me this morning. Like you,...
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    We are a community of monks of the Cistercian Order. Monks first came to Ava, Missouri from New Melleray Abbey in Iowa in 1950 to establish the monastic life here.

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