Abbot Xavier, Christmas Day

Christmas Day 2022 With the very limited experience which is mine, I have noticed that babies tend to sleep a lot. Most of the time, their eyes are closed. They seem peacefully focussed on their own life which is developing with great energy and at the same time quietly. From time to time, though, they […]

Abbot Xavier, Christmas Night 2022

Christmas Night 2022 Is 9: 1-6 Tit 2: 11-14 Lc 2: 1-14 There is something lovely in a child, a very young child, in a baby. Here is one who is entering life. We cannot avoid thinking: “What will this child be?” (Lk 1:67). There are so many possibilities. So much is unknown. We have […]

Easter Message 2026

Easter at Quarr is a good season to learn again that
Flowers open after winter months of apparent death,
Birds sing joyfully as they build new nests for their little ones to come,
Lambs gamble and bleat in the meadows.
Even roads reopen (!) giving access to visitors old and new – all welcome!

Will our hearts open, too,
To make peace after conflicts and wars
To forgive after disputes
To foster every human life from its conception to its natural end,
To bring a smile of hope on all faces around?

“Christ is risen from the dead.”
Happy Easter to you all!

Abbot Xavier and the Community