Advent Letter, 2020
Dear Our Lady of Lourdes family,
Blessed Advent to all of you! From the first Sunday of Advent through December 16, the readings at Mass prepare us for Christ’s second coming at the End of Time. “Be watchful! Be...Read more
Family Tips for Advent and Christmas Eve
Advent Wreath: The Advent wreath has German origins. It symbolizes the millennia from Adam to Christ, when the world awaited its Redeemer. It also represents the years awaiting His Second Coming. The three purple candles represent the penance...Read more
The Enchanted Realm
These falling waters flow from a wild hillside on the grounds of a Monastery in the Catskill Mountains, long ago settled by my Dutch ancestors and made famous by Rip Van Winkle’s twenty-year slumber. The Monastery...Read more
Another Tale from The Enchanted Realm
I was on retreat at the Monastery of Bethlehem, in New York ‘s snowy Catskills, in April 2018. One evening, while walking back to my hermitage, I passed a pile of firewood topped with large wooden sign, hand-painted in this...Read more
