Meditation on the Gospel on the Good Shepherd for the Fourth Sunday of Easter 2020 by Prioress Sister Mary Forman I invite you to meditate with me on John 10:1-10, the Gospel for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, by reading the passage out loud slowly with listening for...
The ministries sponsored by the Monastery of St. Gertrude will be open tentatively to the public on May 30, according to the Stage 3 “Guidelines for Opening Up Idaho,” issued by Governor Brad Little (see...
In preparation for the hearing and living the Gospel for the Third Sunday of Easter, we at the Monastery have been reading Benedictine Abbot Primate Gregory Polan’s article, “‘As We Await the Blessed Hope’: Reflections on the Biblical Meaning of ‘Hope’,” American...
April 19, 2020 The Second Sunday of Easter is Divine Mercy Sunday, a feast day established by Pope John Paul II on May 5, 2000. It is appropriate that one consider the earth’s profound need for mercy these days of the coronavirus, where there is no country or culture...
by Sister Mary Forman, Prioress We are doing fine and are blessed to have Fr. Meinrad Schallberger as resident chaplain, so we could have Triduum and Easter Week services, all the while offering prayers and intentions for all unable to attend either our services or...
Given by Prioress Sister Mary Forman, OSB, April 11, 2020 Happy Easter everyone! It seems so strange not to have our chapel full of our friends to celebrate with us, so we will pray on their behalf and on behalf of their loved ones. The Gospel for this celebration is...
Mosaic from Paray-le-Monial, France Part I. Explanation of the Celebrations of Holy Week from Palm Sunday to Easter Vigil Holy Week or the Great Week represents “the most solemn liturgies of the liturgical year in the Christian Church,” because this week...
As I have been watching the nightly news, it is heartening to wait for the final segment that inevitably tells of the goodness in people and how so many are helping all of to weather this international outbreak. I was especially touched by Steve Hartman’s segment on...
Prioress Sister Mary Forman gave this reflection to the sisters at last Wednesday’s house meeting. In the midst of the coronavirus, there has been much for us to pray for these days, not only the folks suffering from the virus and families, who have lost loved...
by Prioress Sister Mary Forman During the Christmas season we hear the titles for the Messiah, whose coming to save all peoples, were outlined in Isaiah 9:5-6a: “For a child is born to us, a son is given to us; upon his shoulder dominion rests. They name him...
