Homily – Feast of St Benedict
Abbot Brendan OSB “St Benedict found the world, physical and social, in ruins, and his mission was to restore it… quietly, patiently, gradually… There was
Abbot Brendan OSB “St Benedict found the world, physical and social, in ruins, and his mission was to restore it… quietly, patiently, gradually… There was
‘The Garden of the Risen Lord: From Recognition to Action’ takes place on Saturday 7th September and will explore Mary Magdalene’s encounter with Jesus through
Fr Cuthbert Brennan OSB In this morning’s gospel we see Jesus return to his native place, surrounded by his friends and family. They have heard
Fr William Fennelly OSB Two women alone in the middle of crowds! The first woman is older. No one else is mentioned in her story
Fr Denis Hooper OSB “UNFURL THE SAILS, AND LET THE SPIRIT STEER US WHERE HE WILL” – ST. BEDE THE VENERABLE UNLIKE THE BOAT DESCRIBED
Fr John Callaghan osb One day Jesus was in the temple at Jerusalem and noticed people putting money into the collection box. The rich put
Glenstal Abbey is delighted to invite parents whose sons left our Abbey School ten or more years ago to a Past Parents’ Gala Dinner on
Fr Henry O’Shea OSB At the vigil office last evening we sang: ‘Columba commanded the winds, restored the dead and put the plague to flight,
Fr Lino Moreira OSB At the foot of Mount Sinai, the people of God, who had just been set free from slavery in Egypt,
Abbot Brendan osb There was once an old lady who picked up a book entitled ‘The Simplicity of God’. She read a few pages, put
The monks of Glenstal Abbey were pleased to host a conference titled ‘Resetting the Clock on Climate Change’ on Saturday 18th May 2024 which brought
Abbot Brendan osb On the evening of 14 November 1940, bombs rained down on the city of Coventry for eleven hours. After the raid, Coventry
Fr Luke Macnamara osb Some time ago, when on a train, I sat opposite a young woman. She was giving a final farewell through the
Fr Columba McCann osb One day Jesus was in the temple at Jerusalem and noticed people putting money into the collection box. The rich put
Fr Patrick Hederman OSB Our Lord, Jesus Christ, when he came on earth used images to explain what he was trying to do for us.
Glenstal Abbey is home to a community of Benedictine monks in County Limerick, Ireland, and is a place of prayer, work, education and hospitality. The monastery sits alongside a popular guesthouse and a boarding school for boys, housed within a 19th century Normanesque castle amidst five hundred magnificent acres of farmland, forest, lakes and streams. more