Roimh Lá Eorpach na dTeangacha, déanann an Bráthair Cillian Ó Sé OSB machnamh ar a thuras ó leanbh aonteangach go fear ilteangach… Rugadh mise ar

Fr. Henry O’Shea: My eyes are spent with weeping; my stomach churns;  my bile is poured out to the ground  because of the destruction of

Fr. John O’Callaghan: “Blessed is she who believed that the promise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled.”  There are several feasts in the

Fr. Simon Sleeman: Abraham our father in faith. No explanation, no faith definition. But a story, yours and mine, unfolding. Abraham, called out, leaving,  leaving,

Fr. Jarek Kurek: Good Samaritans. At the end of February this year, we had the joy of welcoming to Glenstal the chief chaplain of the

Please note changes to the liturgical timetable and opening hours during the monastic community’s annual retreat which takes place from Monday 4th to Saturday 9th

The concept of a summer spirituality may seem unusual, but the rhythm of the Christian liturgical year can be seen to invite some such phenomenon

Abbot Columba McCann: Ask and it will be given to you.  I asked God for a winning lottery ticket, but I didn’t win.  What went

Fr.Mark Patrick Hederman:The first reading we heard this morning is one of the great stories of the Bible. It recounts the first time in our

Fr. Henry O’Shea: In 1952, the poet Patrick Kavanagh ruffled many of our feathers by saying, referring to Irish society:  Parochialism and provincialism are [direct]

Abbot Columba McCann: I like the honest, self-interested question of Peter in our gospel story:  what about us?  We have left everything and followed you. 

Fr. Fintan Lyons: The gospel passage today is about Jesus sending out 70 others (or 72 in some manuscripts) ahead of him to preach the

Luke Macnamara: Today we interrupt the rhythm of Ordinary Time to celebrate a great feast—the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul. Though every Sunday is

Visitors to the Abbey cannot but notice the word ‘PAX’ over the castle archway, an invitation and hope that all may find, experience and dwell