Transeamus Usque Bethleem
Monastery of Decani, Fresco of the Nativity of Our Lord MIDNIGHT MASS SOLEMNITY OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI...
The Gatehouse is Open!
Open for Business After months of work, The Gatehouse, our monastery’s bookshop is open for business! The environment is warm and inviting. We kept the...
Massacre of the Innocents
A Hellish Crime The massacre of innocent children and of others ten days before Christmas, in my own home state of Connecticut, is evidence enough...
Adore te devote, latens Deitas
O hidden God, I adore Thee. O silent God, I adore Thee. O utterly humble God, I adore Thee. O ineffably obedient God, I adore...
Beyond Compare More Glorious than the Seraphim
At the end of Holy Mass today, we renewed the devotional election of the Immaculate Virgin Mary as Abbess and Queen of our monastery, a...