Seek Things Above

In this homily from the 2024 Christmas Midnight Mass at Mount Angel Abbey, Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preaches about how the coming of Christ into the world is where real world history happens. Christ is today and always coming into the world, saving his people from their sins and healing their ailments, and proclaiming the kingdom of God.

For other talks and homilies by Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/

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Abbot Jeremy Driscoll preached this homily on Gaudete Sunday, December 15, 2024, on the occasion of his, Br. Claude Lane's, and Fr. Nathan Zodrow's 50th jubilee of monastic profession. They first made their vows of stability, obedience, and fidelity to the monastic way of life into the hands of Prior Anselm Galvin on September 8, 1974.

Please pray for these jubilarians for their perseverance in the monastic way of life.

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Abbot Jeremy preached this homily on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception in the Abbey church, which was celebrated on December 9, 2024.

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Abbot Jeremy preached this homily on the occasion of Br. Matthew's Sislow's institution as an acolyte during Mass in the Abbey church on December 10, 2024.

This audio also includes the rite of institution as acolyte from the Mass.

Please pray for Br. Matthew as he serves in this instituted ministry in preparation for Holy Orders.

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In this talk from November 9, 2024, Abbot Peter Eberle, OSB, explores the history of the controversies concerning the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist and discusses the ethical implications of the Real Presence for the Christian life.

This is the third of four talks in the 2024 Christian in the World lecture series, sponsored by the Mount Angel Institute. The theme for the entire series is “Celebrating and Adoring Christ in the Sacrament of the Eucharist.”

The Christian in the World lecture series is an integrated program of study, prayer, and discussion for Christians who want to live their faith more deeply. The program seeks to help participants gain a more profound understanding of the Scriptures and the Church, and to support lay people in exploring how to live their baptismal vocation in everyday life.

For more information about Christian in the World at Mount Angel Abbey, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/join-us/christian-in-the-world/

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In this talk from October 19, Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, speaks about the four parts of the Mass, understanding their relationship and flow: from the Liturgy of the Word, to the bringing of gifts of bread and wine to the altar, through the Eucharistic Prayer and what is effected there, and in this light come to understand some of what it means to receive Holy Communion in this context.

This is the second of four talks in the fall 2024 Christian in the World lecture series, sponsored by the Mount Angel Institute. The theme for the entire series is “Celebrating and Adoring Christ in the Sacrament of the Eucharist.”

The Christian in the World lecture series is an integrated program of study, prayer and discussion for Christians who want to live their faith more deeply. The program seeks to help participants gain a more profound understanding of the Scriptures and the Church, and to support lay people in exploring how to live their baptismal vocation in everyday life.

For more information about Christian in the World at Mount Angel Abbey, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/join-us/christian-in-the-world/

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This is the homily that Abbot Jeremy preached at Mount Angel Abbey on the Solemnity of All Saints, November 1, 2024.

Abbot Jeremy is the 12th abbot of Mount Angel Abbey, elected by his monastic community in 2016.

For more information about Abbot Jeremy and his life and work, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/

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This is the first of four talks in the fall 2024 Christian in the World lecture series, sponsored by the Mount Angel Institute. The theme for the entire series is “Celebrating and Adoring Christ in the Sacrament of the Eucharist.”

In this lecture from September 14, 2024, Sister Gertrude Feick, OCSO, a Cistercian sister of Redwoods Monastery, spoke about Cardinal Basil Hume and his reflections on the Eucharist. The full title of her talk is “Cardinal Hume on the Eucharist: Did not our hearts burn within us as we listened to him speaking?”

Sister Gertrude earned her Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome, writing her thesis on Cardinal Hume. That thesis later became a book called, 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘦: 𝘈 𝘗𝘪𝘭𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘮’𝘴 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘎𝘰𝘥, published by Gracewing in 2019.

The Christian in the World lecture series is an integrated program of study, prayer and discussion for Christians who want to live their faith more deeply. The program seeks to help participants gain a more profound understanding of the Scriptures and the Church, and to support lay people in exploring how to live their baptismal vocation in everyday life.

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Sponsored by the Mount Angel Institute, artist Tomasz Misztal shares how art and its creation has transformed and affected his life. Focusing on the sacred and incorporating figurative and abstract elements in his pieces that express the human condition and spirit, learn how his artistic approach has transformed and evolved over time.

Misztal was born in Poland and currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon. He earned his Master of Fine Arts and PhD from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland, and taught as a faculty professor there from 1982 to 1993. He has also taught art privately throughout his career.

Misztal has worked in many international museums and institutions, including Sachseln, Switzerland; Lisbon and the Azores, Portugal; Berlin, Germany; Warsaw, Gdansk, and Warka, Poland; and most notably, the Vatican Collection.

Misztal’s talent has been recognized numerous times, including with a silver medal in the category of Work on Paper at the 2011 International Biennale of Modern Art in Florence, Italy. He has also had several solo exhibitions in the United States and abroad.

Because of his focus on sacred art, Misztal has created artworks for many commissions, for private and public entities, including many churches and monasteries. You can find his Last Supper sculpture in our guesthouse dining room. His piece in the Vatican Collection was commissioned for the Solidarity Movement on behalf of the Gdynia dock workers as a gift for Pope John Paul II in 1987.

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In March 2024, Dr. Maryanne Wolf gave a talk at Mount Angel Abbey on "Reading in a Digital Culture: The Beauty and the Challenges to Empathy, Critical Analysis, and Contemplation." Focusing on research in neuroscience and education, Dr. Wolf looked at the effects of digital mediums on the development and the sustaining of deep reading processes, particularly empathy/perspective-taking, inference, and critical thinking — the precursors to the contemplative function and our deepest insights.

Dr. Maryanne Wolf, author of 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 (2018) and 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘥 (2007), is a scholar, a teacher, and an advocate for children and literacy around the world. She currently serves as the Director of the newly created Center of Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. She was made a permanent member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences by Pope Francis in 2020.

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