The Psalms: Treasures Old and New
On Saturday 10th February 2024, you have the chance to learn about the Psalms’ enduring spiritual power through talks and guided readings by the monks
On Saturday 10th February 2024, you have the chance to learn about the Psalms’ enduring spiritual power through talks and guided readings by the monks
Fr John O’Callaghan OSB Today’s readings are about recognising good leaders. How does one identify a good leader? How does one find a good guide,
Fr Martin Browne OSB On the first day of Christmas….. we didn’t sing at Mass about a partridge in a pear tree. Instead, Midnight Mass
Fr Abbot Brendan OSB I know next to nothing about the world of social media. As far as I am concerned tiktok is what a
Fr Luke Macnamara OSB Why celebrate Mary Mother of God, or Theotokos? It is because Mary is Mother of God, that we celebrate her immaculate
Fr Lino Moreira OSB The author of the Letter to the Hebrews says that by faith Abraham and Sarah were given innumerable descendants (cf. Heb
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Fr Senan Furlong OSB Reframing a picture can transform it. Colours are seen in new light and details barely noticed come to the fore. Of
Abbot Brendan Coffey OSB Christmas is very different in Bethlehem this year. The Christian Churches in the Holy Land have decided that the only celebrations
Fr Jarek Kurek OSB Last Sunday, we celebrated Gaudete Sunday – Rejoice Sunday – a Sunday of special joy. This Sunday, given it falls just
Please note the following changes to the liturgical timetable during the Christmas period, including details of Confession times and the opening and closing of the
Simon Sleeman OSB’s talk concludes our three-part series for Advent 2023. Watch here: https://bit.ly/41vvC59 (Listen to an audio-only version here: https://bit.ly/3v3dm70 )
Fr Cuthbert Brennan OSB This third Sunday of Advent is called Gaudete Sunday, from the Latin for joy but it’s hard to be joyful when
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHp_6FJxJz0 John O’Callaghan urges us to “Prepare the Way for the Lord!” in the latest talk in our Advent series available to watch here: https://bit.ly/3GA1fAO
Fr Christopher Dillon OSB Everything that we have heard in these readings is calling us to make ready, to make preparations; but for what? All
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