Fr Luke Macnamara OSB recently returned to Glenstal after teaching a two-week course on the Gospel of Saint John at the Notre Dame de Sion

Fr Anthony Keane OSB We have heard in today’s gospel of a man with two sons. He tells the first to go and work in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDk1dJiD6sk&list=PLAopdU4tiXlexMjkuYwLlxlS0Hd0Mmv-i&index=1 Good zeal in the spiritual life involves a constant turning towards God, Fr Jarek tells us in this week’s podcast on the Rule: http://bit.ly/48ApECY

Read the Autumn 2023 edition of the Glenstal Abbey Chronicle here. This edition features news of this summer’s solemn monastic profession of Br Oscar; tales

Fr Christopher Dillon OSB What does justice look like in God’s eyes? And when is it fair? The prophet Isaiah tells us, today, that God

Due to technical difficulties with the News section of our website over the past week, we share here two instalments from our Benedict’s Rule podcast series: Sunday

Fr William Fennelly OSB The gospel we’ve just heard urges us to cultivate a readiness to forgive. It’s among the most the difficult goals we

Genuine humility is not about acts of great theatre: this is humiliation. It’s rather a daily sharing in the sufferings of Christ, explains Fr Henry:

Fr Henry O’Shea OSB “When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean —

The Glenstal community – monks, students, colleagues and guests – gathered in the Abbey Church to celebrate a Mass of the Holy Spirit for the

Ensuring everyone in the monastery is fully alive: Mark Patrick Hederman takes a look at the role of the Abbot and the lessons for Christian

Fr Denis Hooper OSB When I first looked over today’s readings I was struck by the very first line of the first reading from Jeremiah:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2E8vw38gwg Fr Columba begins our podcast series on the Rule of Saint Benedict by looking at its Prologue: shorturl.at/xEHTV (🎙️ audio-only version: shorturl.at/dovS9)

Fr Cuthbert Brennan OSB The question of identity is an overarching theme in the gospel of Matthew. Not only the identity of Jesus but also

When a novice monk enters the monastery, the Abbot presents him with a copy of the Rule of Saint Benedict and tells him: ‘This is