Seek Things Above

Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on June 30, 2026, the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul. For more homilies and talks by Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/ See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Hilltop Hangouts | Podcast with Mater Dei Radi...

Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on May 24, 2026, the Solemnity of Pentecost. For more homilies and talks by Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/ See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Hilltop Hangouts | Podcast with Mater Dei Radio Support Mou...

Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily to his monastic community at the close of their annual retreat on May 22, 2026.  The community was on retreat from May 18 – 22 and received conferences on Dante’s Paradiso  from Fr. Stephen Rowan, PhD, a priest of the Archdiocese of Seattle and Visiting Professor of Literature at Mount Angel Seminary. For more homilies and talks by Abbot Jeremy, vis...

Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord on May 17, 2026. For more homilies and talks by Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/ See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Hilltop Hangouts | Podcast with Mater Dei...

Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily during the Paschal (Easter) Vigil Mass on Holy Saturday, April 4, 2026. For more talks and homilies by Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/ See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Hilltop Hangouts | Podcast with...

Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily for the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, April 2, 2026. For more talks and homilies by Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/ See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Hilltop Hangouts | Podcast with Mater...

Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily for the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion on Good Friday, April 3, 2026. For more talks and homilies by Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/ See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Hilltop Hangouts | Podcast with Mat...

Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the Feast of the Transitus of Saint Benedict, celebrated on March 21. This feast commemorates the death of Saint Benedict and his passing to eternal glory. For more talks and homilies by Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/ See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary belo...

Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on March 12, 2026, the 10th anniversary of his election as the 12th Abbot of Mount Angel Abbey. Please pray for Abbot Jeremy and the monks as they celebrate this milestone. For more talks by Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/  See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary be...

Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily during Mass on the Second Sunday of Lent, March 1, 2026, for the Simple Profession of Vows of Br. Lazarus (Zachary) Sturm, OSB. View photos from the Mass: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCLRSg For more talks and homilies by Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/ See more content from Mount Ange...

Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily during Mass at Mount Angel Abbey on February 18, 2026, for Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten season. For more talks and homilies by Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/ See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Lin...

Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily during Mass at Mount Angel Abbey on January 4, 2026, the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord. For more talks and homilies by Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/ See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Hilltop...

Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily during Christmas Midnight Mass at Mount Angel Abbey on December 25, 2025. For more talks and homilies by Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/ See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Hilltop Hangouts | Podcast wit...

Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the occasion of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary on December 8, 2025. For more talks and homilies by Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/ See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Lin...

Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the occasion of Thanksgiving Day on November 27, 2025. For more talks and homilies by Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/ See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Hilltop Hangouts | Podcast with Mater Dei Radi...

Mary, the mother of God, plays a central role in Christian art, and is portrayed in various ways. What do her faces reveal to us believers?  In this fourth and final lecture of the winter/spring 2025 Christian in the World lecture series, Christine Schlesser, Executive Director of the Classical Iconography Institute, and Brother Alfredo Miranda, OSB, a monk of Mount Angel Abbey, explore the figure...

In this third lecture from the winter/spring 2025 Christian in the World lecture series, Christine Schlesser, Executive Director of the Classical Iconography Institute, is joined by Patrick Tomassi, Emma Fitzgerald, Sarah Kuenzi and Father Chi-Nhan Vo. The panelists discuss what it means to become an “Icon of God.” Based in Portland, Oregon, the Classical Iconography Institute is a fine arts educa...

What do the positions of figures, colors, gestures, and symbols mean when encountering icons and Christian art? In this second lecture from the winter/spring 2025 Christian in the World lecture series, Christine Schlesser shares how to read an icon and discover how artwork can be a revelation of the mystery of God. Christine Schlesser is the Executive Director of the Classical Iconography Institut...

Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the occasion of the Solemnity of All Saints on November 1, 2025. For more talks and homilies by Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/ See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Hilltop Hangouts | Podcast with Mate...

Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the occasion of the Solemn Profession of Monastic Vows of Father Michael Shrum, OSB, on September 12, 2025. We give thanks to God for Father Michael's monastic vocation, now as a permanent member of our monastic community. Please pray for him. For more talks and homilies by Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-...

Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the occasion of the Simple Profession of Monastic Vows of Brother Jonah (Townsen) Poissant, OSB, on September 8, 2025. Please pray for Brother Jonah as he continues his monastic formation as a junior monk under the guidance of the Junior Master, Father Israel Sanchez, OSB. For more talks and homilies by Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangela...

Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the occasion of the Mass of the Holy Spirit celebrated for the beginning of the 2025-26 academic year at Mount Angel Seminary on August 25. For more talks and homilies from Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/ See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | F...

Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily during the community Mass in the Abbey church on the occasion of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on August 15, 2025. For more talks and homilies from Abbot Jeremy, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/abbot-jeremy/abbot-jeremy-talks-homilies/ See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website |...

Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the occasion of the Solemnity of St. Benedict on Friday, July 11, 2025, during Mass in the Abbey church.  See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Hilltop Hangouts | Podcast with Mater Dei Radio Support Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary

Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the occasion of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, also known as Corpus Christi, on Sunday, June 22, 2025, during Mass in the Abbey church. See more content from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary below: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn Hilltop Hangouts | Podcast with Mater Dei Radio Support Mount Angel Abbey...