Mount Saviour Monastery
January 2003
January 2003
For just as from
the heavens
the rain and snow come down
And do not return there
till they have watered the earth,
making it fertile and fruitful,
Giving seed to him who sows
and bread to him who eats,
the rain and snow come down
And do not return there
till they have watered the earth,
making it fertile and fruitful,
Giving seed to him who sows
and bread to him who eats,
Isaiah 55:10
So far, we witnessed the
longest winter with snow on the ground. Three months of
the white stuff may inspire some to be "clean like snow" but it makes some
wish they were in warmer climate area. Because of a heavy snow fall,
we began our annual retreat with candles because of a 13 hour outage.
Abbot Timothy Kelly, from St. John's Collegeville, president
of the American-Cassinese congregation, commented on the book of Genesis.
Fr. Martin shares his notes below. On January 23rd.,
Matthew Kells (right), who was a Summer Student in 1993, spent
a few days with a crew: Chris Ward (sound specialist), Sreal Boruchin
(cameraman) and Sean Mc Ginn (cameraman), to
prepare a video tape on the life at Mount Saviour. He was here on several
occasions to tape various activities over the past couple years to produce
a documentary. He hopes to have the project completed for the summer
. Br. John Thompson gathered some information
for the benefit of those who are discerning their monastic 
In the recent Retreat, Abbot Timothy emphasized that the Image
and likeness of God in us is our humanity united. Not this brother
alone or that brother alone. We need, as humans, to learn what it
means to be in the image and likeness of God and manifest it to others -
the community, guests, helpers, etc. We are interdependent.
So the image and likeness of God in us within the monastic community is
not independent of others both inside & outside the community.