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Surely never before have we had so many days of warm or hot sunshine! Throughout the year, to date, 2025 has been marked by low or barely existent rainfall, and long long stretches of fine weather. This all seemed like the best possible news for bees, up to mid-Spring.
By Br. Thomas Cole OSB, chief gardener
Farewell to a glorious and incredibly warm summer, and welcome to the bounteous and beneficial harvest of autumn! The waning of the daylight and the contraction of plant life in the polytunnels can give a slightly mournful air to this season, yet one cannot but praise God for the glorious bounty of the garden this past year. Also, of course, for the consoling colour of the fruits and leaves all about us.
If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea”, and it would obey you.
We have this saying of Our Lord in slightly different forms twice in the Gospel of St. Matthew, and also once in the Gospel of St. Mark. According to Matthew, our Lord twice says that faith will be able to move a mountain. We can tell a mountain to move from here to there, and it will move
Daniel 3:29-31; Amos 6:1-7; Luke 16:19-31
Omnia quae fecisti nobis Domine, in vero iudicio fecisti – All that you have done to us, O Lord, you have done with righteous judgement…
As usual we entered Mass today with words from the Old Testament. The text for this week’s Introit Chant is taken from the Prophet Daniel, according to its Greek version, somewhat freely adapted.
The quarterly magazine which generally includes a letter from Fr Abbot, a diary of recent activity at the Abbey, book reviews and articles by monks, oblates or visitors.
From 25 September to 31 October this year it will host a selection of paintings by our Br. Daniel.
The Son of Man must be lifted up, so that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
Today, on the Feast of the Holy Cross, with the whole Church, we turn our gaze towards Christ crucified, and towards the Cross on which he died.
On Monday 8th September, Feast of our Lady's Birthday and 77th anniversary of the resumption of monastic observance at Pluscarden, our postulant Philip Thomson was clothed as a novice.
In last week’s Gospel (Luke 13:22-30) we heard our Lord’s response to those who found themselves locked outside the kingdom of heaven: “I do not know where you come from, depart from me all you workers of iniquity” (Luke 13:27)
A most successful and well-attended Summer retreat took place at the Abbey from 2nd to 5th August this year 2025 (a month later than last to catch the higher temperatures!)
Sister Tamsin Geach OP gave the Retreat---three talks over two days bracketed by the arrivals day and departures day-- and Storm Floris!