This Holy Week, I invite you to consider making a retreat with us at Saint Meinrad Archabbey. From Holy Wednesday evening (April 5) through Easter Sunday (April 9), I’ll be leading a retreat titled, “Taken, Blessed, Broken, and Given.” Everyone is invited, especially those suffering and in need of the Lord’s healing.

For more info and to register: https://www.saintmeinrad.org/retreats/?event=13069

On this day in 2019 (4 years ago already!), I attended my first papal Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica. It was a celebration of #ConsecratedLife. In his homily, Pope Francis reminded us:

“To retrace in our mind the decisive moments of encounter with [Jesus], to renew our first love, perhaps writing down our love story with the Lord - this would be good for our consecrated life, so that it does not become a time that passes by, but rather a time of encounter.”

Here at Saint Meinrad, today we celebrate our patronal feast, honoring the 9th century hermit, St. Meinrad. He is called a “Martyr of Hospitality” because even though thieves wanted to kill him (thinking he was hiding treasures in his hermitage), he still fed them and offered them prayers and kindness.

Today we especially pray for the monks of our motherhouse in Switzerland, Kloster Einsiedeln, as well as for our Benedictine #Oblates, who live out our charism of hospitality in the world