Father Cassian's Mornings of Recollection

September 2, 2023

"I'll P.A.S.S.":  A Primer for the Spiritual Life

I'll P.A.S.S. - Talk 1 (P.A.) 

I'll P.A.S.S. - Talk 2 (S.S.)


December 3, 2022 

Advent: A Changing Season                                                   

Advent, A Changing Season Talk 1 - Ways of Change

Advent, A Changing Season Talk 2 - Means of Change


September 3, 2022

How to be a Dragon Slayer

The Cave of the Heart

Slaying Dragons & Charming Angels


March 12, 2022

The Ladder of Humility

Honest questions deserve honest answers:  Learning humility

Living and loving the virtue of humility


December 4, 2021

In the Beginning...A World Without End

In the Beginning

A World Without End


September 11, 2021

Beneath the Cross with the Mother of Sorrows

The Exaltation of the Cross:  From Suffering to Triumph

Our Lady of Sorrows:  From Suffering to Love


June 19, 2021

Sit in your Cell as in Paradise...

The "cell" of the home:  practical solitude and silence in an active world

The "cell" of the body:  being "at home" wherever and whenever we pray


March 6, 2021

"A Continuous Lent"  Love as the Heart of the Spiritual Life

Love and Suffering unite:  The "Lenten Character" of Christian Life

Love Enfleshed:  Lenten spiritual practices and our everyday lives


December 5, 2020

Advent Morning of Recollection

Father Cassian will be preaching two spiritual conferences on "The Three Comings of Christ", a theme popularized by the great saint Bernard of Clairvaux in the 12th century.

Christ's first coming was his birth among us in the flesh through the Virgin's womb;  

His second coming will be at the end of time at the final judgment;

His third coming is the most mysterious: In the human heart at every present moment.

All three comings are a focal point of the Advent season, and well worth preparing for.


September 19, 2020

The Spiritual Life: Theoria and Praxis

Talk 1, Theoria - A Life of Vision

Talk 2, Praxis - A Life of Action