Homily for 4th Sunday of Lent (Year A) 2026
Homily for 4th Sunday of Lent (Year A) 2026
“Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, for him to have been born blind?” (John 9:2) In Jesus’ day, sickness and disability were seen as manifestations of sin. Here, “Who sinned?” becomes...
Autumn 2026 Newsletter
Autumn 2026 Newsletter
Solemn Profession | First Profession | DOM Brian Keogh | Fr Maxime Palmer | General Chapter | Oriens | Annual Retreat 2025 | Visitation | Monastic Visitors | Farm | Magpies | Arcic |...
Homily for Ash Wednesday 2026
Homily for Ash Wednesday 2026
The prophet Joel speaks to us this morning with all the piercing urgency of God: “Come back to me now with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Tearing your clothes in sorrow is...
Homily for the Solemn Profession & Monastic Consecration of Br Moses and Br Peter
Homily for the Solemn Profession & Monastic Consecration of Br Moses and Br Peter
This morning’s Gospel is a perfect commentary on that part of St Benedict’s Chapter on the Admission of Brothers where he writes: “If he has possessions, he should give them to the poor...
Homily for the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) 2026
Homily for the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) 2026
Jesus withdrew into Galilee. … He went and lived in a land where people dwelt in darkness. (Matthew 4: 12-15) Galilee was a naturally abundant land: sitting on a major trade route connecting...
Homily for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God 2026
Homily for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God 2026
Just before today’s Gospel, St Luke recounts the angelic announcement of Jesus’ birth to some shepherds out in the fields: “Behold, I bring you good news of great joy … For unto you is born...
Homily for Christmas Midnight Mass 2025
Homily for Christmas Midnight Mass 2025
At Christmas we celebrate the ultimate sign from God, as foretold by the prophet Isaiah: “The Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call...
First Profession of Br Charles Song ocso
First Profession of Br Charles Song ocso
8 December 2025
Exhortation by Dom Steele Hartman ocso
“Do not grant newcomers to the monastic life an easy entry,” writes St Benedict at the outset of his chapter on The...
Homily for the 1st Sunday of Advent (Year A) 2025
Homily for the 1st Sunday of Advent (Year A) 2025
Today is the First Sunday of the Church’s year; today we begin a New Year — Happy New Year, everyone! Our New Year begins with a period of waiting that we call Advent. It culminates at...
Homily for the Funeral Mass of Dom Brian Keogh ocso
Homily for the Funeral Mass of Dom Brian Keogh ocso
“Be dressed for action, with your lamps burning. Be like servants awaiting their master’s return from the wedding feast, ready to open the door the moment he arrives and knocks. Blessed is the...
Funeral Mass for Dom Brian Keogh ocso
Funeral Mass for Dom Brian Keogh ocso
Funeral Mass:
Tuesday 25 November 2025 at 2.00pm (Tarrawarra Abbey)
November 18, 2025 Dom Brian Keogh was born in 1941 in Mackay, Queensland, Australia. He...
Fr Brian Keogh died peacefully
Fr Brian Keogh died peacefully
Fr Brian Keogh died peacefully on 18th November 2025.
November 18, 2025 Dom Brian Keogh was born in 1941 in Mackay, Queensland, Australia. He entered Tarrawarra Abbey in 1980,...