The famous Benedictine author Sr Maria Boulding once famously asked: “what is the point of Christ’s coming, if Christ does not come to me?” Advent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmSJyBmw0wg Br Oscar shares here an interesting perspective on sustainability and the stewardship of goods in the monastery according to Benedict’s Rule: https://bit.ly/47BvLFS  (audio-only: https://bit.ly/46llOLI

Fr Patrick Hederman OSB About three weeks ago, I was walking by the terrace in the school when I saw nine students dressed in all

Fr Cuthbert Brennan OSB Lord, lord open to us And he answered ‘Truly I say to you, I do not know you?’ Does this really

Fr Jarek Kurek OSB How fitting today’s readings for church that needs wise guidance, calling for leaders to take on the responsibility of following the

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEdQ5iOqy3w Br Timothy examines what the Rule has to stay about care for the brethren: nourishing the young and caring for the aged so that

Fr Abbot Brendan OSB What is holiness? This is the question posed to us by today’s feast. We cannot simply read the beatitudes as a

Fr Senan Furlong OSB When Jesus was twelve years old, his parents thinking that he was lost went in search of him. They found him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5I4zCYlhFk&list=PLAopdU4tiXlexMjkuYwLlxlS0Hd0Mmv-i&index=1 ‘Ora et Labora’ is a phrase often associated with Benedictines. Fr John examines here the place of work in the Christian and monastic life

Fr Lino Moreira OSB In the sixth year of the Christian era, Rome introduced in Palestine a poll tax of one denarius per adult person.

Our podcast returns this week ahead of World Food Day with Abbot Brendan speaking on the place of food and drink in Benedict’s Rule: bit.ly/3QfpLN4

Fr Luke Macnamara OSB Weddings can be a nightmare. Who do you invite to the meal? Who do you invite to the afters? Who do

Fr John O’Callaghan OSB Today’s gospel is a parable about God’s people and their leaders, before and after the coming of Christ. The Old Testament

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