Always interested in keeping up with these sorts of monasteries and giving our readers an "inside look" at them, I thought I would share a little news published on their site yesterday involving the blessing of a new refectory crucifix.
While not liturgical, the photos give a bit more of a sense of the day to day life and setting of the new monastery.
Thanks to a very generous benefactor and to the added kindness of the company 4.crucifix.com our refectory now has a splendid oak and linden wood 42 inch crucifix. It was blessed before luncheon today.
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Our refectory now contains three significant benefactions: the crucifix, the refectory table and the statue of Saint Benedict.
Retribuere, dignare, Domine, omnibus,
nobis bona facientibus propter nomen tuum, vitam aeternam.
Deign, O Lord, to grant eternal life
to all who do good works for the sake of your name. Amen.
