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April 2010
Community of Saint Benedict Newsletter
Lumen Christi ! Celebration of The Resurrection
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia !! |
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The Monastery Liturgical Calendar
Easter Sunday
Sunday April 11th
Divine Mercy Sunday
Wednesday April 28th
Saint Louis DeMontfort
Thursday April 29th
Saint Catherine of Siena
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Easter Sunday
Easter the most celebrated day in all of Christendom. The Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. An estimated 2 billion Christians around the world celebrate the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. The Holy Spirit himself, who was poured out upon Jesus Christ, brought gladness that comes from God. From Jesus this gladness sweeps over us in his Gospel, in the joyful message that God knows us, that he is good and that his goodness is the power above all powers; that we are wanted and loved by him. Gladness is the fruit of love.that his gladness may pervade us ever more deeply and that we may be capable of bringing it anew to a world in such urgent need of the joy that has its source in truth. Yes, we all share in the Resurrection each and every moment.
Wishing you all the joys of this Easter Day . May Our Risen Christ affirm in you His love for you and His Paschal love throughout your journey to Him.
The Community of Saint Benedict.
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| Novena To The Divine Mercy Continues Now to April 11th
We are now into the third day of the Divine Mercy Novena. There is still time to join with us . Still time to send us your novena requests and ptetitions.The Community asks that you participate in this very important practice so that the ocean of Jesus Mercy is opened to you on Divine Mercy Sunday. Jesus' words to Sister Faustina: "The feast of My Divine Mercy has issued forth from My very depths for the consolation of the whole world and is confirmed in the vast depths of My Tender Mercies." Write to us now, include your special intentions, your requests, someone who you love who needs to be prayed for. All are included in the Heart of Jesus come to Him in prayer and in hope of His Divine Mercy.
Jesus I Trust In YOU
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The Monks & Community
The Monastery Celebration of the Paschal service was and as it always is very beautiful. The chant of the monks in union with the words of the Gospel that Jesus has
Risen. In the early morning dawn the life of the community exalts the words as the Paschal Candle is lit in the darkness outside of the chapel and with each intonement of the words, Lumen Christi, Christ light of the world. Three times the words are sung out each candle is lit one by one as the procession leads from the exterior to the interior of the Monastery Chapel.The light of the world is proclaimed Anew and again.The Monastery chapel now comes alive with the chant of the Resurrexit. Oh Covenant made between heaven and earth in the greatest mystery of our faith, The Resurrection.In the word made incarnate Mary says, YES and accepts the invitation from God to become the vessel to the One which all mankind will honor and praise. Jesus the word made flesh, Divine from the moment of the YES and the new Adam who comes to bring life not death. We as Christians all participate in the Resurrection that Jesus has promised. May His name
be praised.
Resurrexit, sicut dixit, Alleluia !
(He has risen as He said)
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| The Priesthood & The Challenge Today
 I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world; ...I am praying for them...I am glorified in them (Jn17:6-10). At the Last Supper Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist and the priesthood. Jesus spent a good deal of time before His crucifixion praying for His newly ordained priests.As in all things, we do well to follow Our Lord's example; we should also pray for priests. We never need fear that in the case of a bad priest our prayers will conceal or consent to the evil he does, or even take the place of action. Scott Hahn reminds us that the worst form of God's wrath is when He does nothing. When an offending priest is defrocked, put in prison or never ordained that is God's mercy at work. On the other hand, every prayer said for the hundreds of thousands of good priests is realized in these men becoming more and more conformed to the Eternal High Priest, Jesus Christ. Prayer invites the Holy Spirit to act powerfully in the consecrated soul. He supports and sanctifies it. The Paraclete comforts the lonely, strengthens the weak, warms a heart that has grown cold, gives zeal to the compromised - in truth makes of him an Alter Christus.
The Church is suffering, Pray for Holy priests, priests who are Eucharistic minded, who are devoted to their vows and to the people they shepherd. As A Community we pray every day for our priests that the Holy Spirit will guide them to be Christ like in actions,words, thoughts and deeds. That they reflect their calling as Christ would have them do.That they hear the cry of the poor and listen to those who come to them in trust.Pray for the Church that The Holy Spirit will renew the fire of love and zeal within the faith of its people.
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Monastery Gift Shop
Please be sure to visit our online Monastery Gift Shop. We have some wonderful Easter items that will soon be sold out and many gift items available for friends and loved ones. Please note that we now make available to the Clergy the beautiful religious vestments of Gaspard's Liturgical Vestments. You may visit the page we have added to view the very creative Church Goods that Gaspards makes.
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| Closing Gospel Message
Buried with Christ in baptism, we live a new life with him.
Romans 6:3-11
Just as death came through one man, so through one man has come the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
1 Corinthians 15:12-22
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