Attended the traditional Latin Mass with Gregorian Chant sung by the monks of the Norbertine Order of St. Michael's Abbey.
In the quiet canyon town of Silverado, California, about an hour outside of Los Angeles, sits St. Michael's Abbey. This abbey, its architecture, and its mission represents a study in contrasts: of light and dark, of color and calm, of old and new. Indeed, at first glance, St. Michael's Abbey looks a bit out of place, as if it has been transported to California from someplace far away--a small town in Europe, perhaps, and even then from long, long ago.
But for all its reverence for things ancient, St. Michael's Abbey is very much alive. This refuge in the still desert mountains of Southern California is home to a growing and community of men, many young, who have dedicated their lives to an ancient, monastic charism. Their work--the work of all abbeys that have come before it--is nothing short of the restoration of culture and the salvation of souls.
This is the present chapter of a story over 900 years in the making. It is a story of saints and sinners, of religious fervor and unkillable resolve, of violent persecution and daring midnight escapes, of loss and forgiveness and love. It is a story of discovering what "home" means in this life--and recognizing that true home is in the next life.
In response to the turmoil in the Church and as a reform of the clerical life of his day, St. Norbert of Xanten (d. 1134) founded the Norbertine Order on Christmas Day, 1121, in the valley of Prémontré, France. St. Norbert held a conviction that clerical reform could only through through the intense commonality of monastic life--of priests living in community, sharing a common roof, a common prayer, common work, and a common table. Abbeys and priors of this Christ-centered monastic priesthood would, in turn, revitalize the Church, and indeed, the entire cultures in which it served.
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