Dear Brothers and Sisters, I am very moved to be preaching today in this abbey church of Notre-Dame de Quarr, built by our fathers of the Saint-Pierre de Solesmes community. Driven out by a sectarian government, they found refuge here, in this land where the freedom of those who wish to devote themselves entirely to […]
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