Genesee Abbey Retreats

12/21/2021

Christmas greeting from the Brothers of the Genesee Abbey.

Christmas Greeting from the Brothers of the Genesee Abbey December 21, 2021 Homilies Print This Post Fr. Gerard D’Souza, OCSO Christmas Greeting from the Brothers of the Genesee Abbey We are drawing close to Christmas and have yet to exit the world of the pandemic. ‘Travel plans disrupted by new...

04/09/2021

Easter message from Fr. Gerard D'Souza

An Easter Message from Fr. Gerard April 9, 2021 Abbey News, Homilies Print This Post Fr. Gerard DSouza, OCSO Dear Friends, The gospel for the Easter Vigil this year has the women going to the tomb and worrying about the large stone at its entrance. They knew they could never roll this stone back by....

04/05/2021

Genesee Abbey Homily for April 4, 2021 - Easter Sunday

Homily for April 4, 2021 – Easter Sunday April 4, 2021 Homilies Print This Post Fr. Justin Sheehan, OCSO “Christ is risen and shines upon us” like a pillar of fire. When they were in Egypt, the children of Israel were not yet formally the chosen people whom God had promised to raise up from th...

03/15/2021

Genesee Abbey Homily for March 14, 2021.

Homily for March 14, 2021 – The 4th Sunday of Lent March 15, 2021 Homilies Print This Post Fr. Stephen Muller, OCSO The 4th Sunday of Lent (2Chr 36:14-16, 19-23, Eph 2:4-10, Jn 3:14-21) Every choice we make, every decision, has consequences. If we make good choices, good things are going to follow...

01/19/2021

Abbey of the Genesee now has an official page where they will be sharing homilies.

Homily for January 17, 2021 January 18, 2021 Homilies Print This Post Fr. Jerome Machar, OCSO 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time 1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19, 1 Corinthians 6: 13c-15a, 17-20, John 1:35-42 “At that time Samuel was not familiar with the Lord, because the Lord had not revealed anything to him as ye...

12/18/2020

A Message from Fr. Gerard:
Dear Friends,
St Paul in his Letter to the Philippians tells us ‘ our citizenship is in heaven and from it we await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ’ These words of hope are sorely needed as we draw to the end of a very challenging year for everyone. Even now, there seems to be no end in sight to the pandemic. Our hearts go out to those who have suffered the loss of their loved ones, to those isolated from their loved ones, to those who have lost their jobs and businesses, and to all those suffering anguish due to the uncertainties of this difficult time.
By the grace of God and your prayers for us, we, at the abbey are safe and healthy. Some of our brothers have lost parents to the coronavirus disease but the community has weathered this well so far. The enforced isolation has been both a challenge and a blessing - it has been a time of true silence and solitude and prayer. We have been praying for all of you and for our suffering world.
The celebration of the birth of Our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ is a reminder that we are people of hope. Amidst the darkness, the light of Christ continues to shine. May the Lord bless you and your loved ones with much peace and joy.
A Blessed Christmas to you and your loved ones. May the prayers of Our Blessed Mother accompany you, protect you, and give you much hope and peace in the New Year.
Assuring you of our continued prayers,
Father Gerard and the priests and brothers of Genesee

08/13/2020

Thomas Merton with a group of novices at the Abbey of Gethsemani in the early 1950s. Over Merton's right shoulder is a very young Fr. John Eudes Bamberger, the late Abbot Emeritus of the Genesee Abbey.

05/26/2020