Seek Things Above
The mission of the Mount Angel Institute is to share the rich ways of Mount Angel Abbey’s Benedictine monastic life with Church and World. In this podcast, we share talks from monks, faculty, and guest speakers at Mount Angel that generally focus on the rich ways of prayer, community life, deep reading or lectio divina, life centered on the Eucharist, Benedictine hospitality, arts and culture, and caring for the land and environment.
Mount Angel Abbey (Saint Benedict, Oregon) is a community of Benedictine monks founded in 1882 from the Abbey of Engelberg in Switzerland. Today, the community continues to serve the spiritual needs of western Oregon and beyond through the parish church of St. Mary’s, a seminary (founded in 1889), a guesthouse, and other works that welcome all visitors and guests in the spirit of Benedictine hospitality.
For more information about Mount Angel, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/.
Seek Things Above
Homily for Ash Wednesday with Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB
On March 5, 2025, Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily during Mass in the Abbey church at the beginning of the Lenten season. Abbot Jeremy speaks about how Jesus' counsel to us for practicing prayer, fasting, and almsgiving reveals how much Jesus understands the human condition as one of us. He also preaches about Jesus taking upon himself the sins of the world so that we can receive his righteousness.
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