August 25, 2024, Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jos 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b; Ps 34:2-3, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21; Eph 5:21-32 or 5:2a, 25-32; Jn 6:60-69

As a young woman I was always moving, searching for that sacred secret of stability and would go back home after a spell! Mom would always pick me up at the bus station, the train station, etc.  Dad of course would be upset, but I always knew that I could go home.  Mom used to tell me, “Well, at least maybe you’ve learned something from being away, but I am glad you are back.” In John 6, Verses 67-69, “So Jesus said to the twelve, ‘Do you want to go away as well?’ Simon Peter answered him, ‘Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have come to know, that you are Holy One of God.’” (ESV) If we don’t have a home to go to, if we are homeless, we have God that gives us the stability of heart, to continue understanding life, serving God through Jesus Christ.  May Our Lord bless you and your loved ones.  SK

On May 11, 2024, The Saint Leo University in Florida, celebrated the achievements of more than 1,300 graduates.  Our Sister Elizabeth Tran received her master’s degree in Theology/Theological Studies, and we are very proud of her achievement.   Sister Mary accompanied Sister Elizabeth.  Congratulations Sister Elizabeth!  

Online Retreats – The Benedictine Nuns of Jamberoo offering online retreats. For more information, please click  “Retreats,” at Jamberoo Abbey.

Pope Francis’ prayer intentions for August 2024: For political leaders
We pray that political leaders be at the service of their own people, working for integral human development and for the common good, especially caring for the poor and those who have lost their jobs.

Sacra Mysteria Venerari (Click for more information)

An apostolic exhortation on the Eucharist by Bishop James S. Wall, Bishop of the Gallup Diocese.

MISSION STATEMENT –The Monastery of Our Lady of the Desert is a monastic community of women in the Benedictine tradition.  We profess vows of stability, conversion of life and obedience. Our primary mission, is to seek God through a life of prayer, silence and solitude.  Our way of life frees us to give glory and praise to God, intercede through prayer for the needs of the world and hospitality.