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Seek Things Above
The mission of the Mount Angel Institute is to share the rich ways of Mount Angel Abbey’s Benedictine monastic life with Church and World. In this podcast, we share talks from monks, faculty, and guest speakers at Mount Angel that generally focus on the rich ways of prayer, community life, deep reading or lectio divina, life centered on the Eucharist, Benedictine hospitality, arts and culture, and caring for the land and environment.
Mount Angel Abbey (Saint Benedict, Oregon) is a community of…
Episodes
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Solemnity of All Saints (2026)
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on Sunday, November 1, 2026, the Solemnity of All Saints. For more talks and homilies by Abbot Jeremy, visit…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Solemnity of Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael (2026)
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on September 29, 2026, on the Solemnity of Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels. This is the titular…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Mass of Solemn Profession (2026)
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on September 12, 2026, on the occasion of the Solemn Profession of Monastic Vows of Br. Albert Klotz, OSB. For…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Golden Jubilee of Fr. Paul Thomas, OSB (2026)
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on September 6, 2026, the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, on the occasion of Fr. Paul Thomas's Golden…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Mass of Simple Profession (September 2026)
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on September 8, 2026, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on the occasion of the Simple…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Mass of the Holy Spirit (2026)
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on August 24, 2026, on the occasion of the Mass of the Holy Spirit, the beginning of Mount Angel Seminary's…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Solemnity of Saint Benedict (2026)
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on July 11, 2026, the Solemnity of Our Holy Father Saint Benedict. For more homilies and talks by Abbot…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (2026)
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…
Seek Things AboveHomily for Pentecost Sunday (2026)
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on May 24, 2026, the Solemnity of Pentecost. For more homilies and talks by Abbot Jeremy, visit…
Seek Things AboveHomily at the Close of the Annual Community Retreat (2026)
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…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Ascension of the Lord (2026)
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…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Paschal Vigil (2026)
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…
Seek Things AboveHomily for Good Friday (2026)
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…
Seek Things AboveHomily for Holy Thursday (2026)
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…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Transitus of Saint Benedict (2026)
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…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the 10th Anniversary of Abbot Jeremy's Abbatial Election
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…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Mass of Simple Profession (March 2026)
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…
Seek Things AboveHomily for Ash Wednesday (2026)
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…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Epiphany of the Lord
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…
Seek Things AboveHomily for Christmas Midnight Mass (2025)
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…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (2025)
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…
Seek Things AboveHomily for Thanksgiving Day (2025)
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…
Seek Things AboveIconographic Faces of Mary
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…
Seek Things AboveBecoming an Icon of God: Panel Discussion
In this third lecture from the winter/spring 2025 Christian in the World lecture series, Christine Schlesser, Executive Director of the Classical Iconography…
Seek Things AboveHow Signs & Symbols Speak in Icons with Christine Schlesser
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…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Solemnity of All Saints (2025)
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…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Mass of Solemn Profession (2025)
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…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Mass of Simple Profession of Monastic Vows (2025)
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the occasion of the Simple Profession of Monastic Vows of Brother Jonah (Townsen) Poissant, OSB, on…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Mass of the Holy Spirit (2025)
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…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary (2025)
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…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Solemnity of St. Benedict (2025)
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…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi (2025)
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…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Solemnity of Pentecost (2025)
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, abbot of Mount Angel Abbey, preached this homily on the Solemnity of Pentecost on June 8, 2025, during Mass in the Abbey church…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord (2025)
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on June 1, 2025, on the occasion of the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord. See more content from Mount…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Closing of the Annual Monastic Retreat
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preaches at the Mass of the renewal of monastic vows which closes the Abbey’s annual community retreat in the Abbey church on…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Opening of the Annual Monastic Retreat 2025
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on May 19, 2025, for the beginning of the monastic community's annual retreat with Fr. Ignacio Llorente, SSJ…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Mass of Thanksgiving for Pope Leo XIV
On May 13, 2025, Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily during a Pontifical Mass of Thanksgiving offered in the Abbey church for our new Holy Father…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Requiem Mass for Pope Francis
On April 29, 2025, the monks of Mount Angel Abbey celebrated a Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis. Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, celebrated…
Seek Things AboveHomily for Good Friday (2025)
On April 18, 2025, Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily during Mass in the Abbey church for Good Friday. Listen to more talks and homilies by Abbot…
Seek Things AboveHomily for Holy Thursday (2025)
On April 17, 2025, Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily during Mass in the Abbey church for Holy Thursday. Listen to more talks and homilies by…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Paschal Vigil (2025)
On April 19, 2025, Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily in the Abbey church for the Paschal Vigil. Listen to more talks and homilies by Abbot…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Funeral Mass of Abbot Nathan Zodrow, OSB
On April 12, 2025, Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the occasion of the funeral Mass of Abbot Nathan Zodrow, OSB, the tenth abbot of Mount…
Seek Things AboveUnderground Symbols of Christianity with Christine Schlesser
In this first lecture of the winter/spring 2025 Christian in the World lecture series on “The Language of Iconography,” Christine Schlesser, Director of the…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Transitus of Saint Benedict (2025)
On Friday, March 21, 2025, Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the occasion of the Feast of the Passing of St. Benedict in the Abbey church…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the 9th Anniversary of Abbot Jeremy’s Abbatial Election
In this homily, Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, gives thanks to God for his monastic community on the occasion of the 9th anniversary of his abbatial election. On…
Seek Things AboveLearning to See: Discovering the Beauty Around You with Helen Bouchard
In this talk given on January 25, 2025 at the Mount Angel Abbey library, Silverton artist Helen Bouchard shares how anyone can learn to see and appreciate…
Seek Things AboveHomily for Ash Wednesday (2025)
On March 5, 2025, Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily during Mass in the Abbey church at the beginning of the Lenten season. Abbot Jeremy speaks…
Seek Things AboveEucharistic Transformation: Desire, Liturgy, and Purification with Br. Anselm Flores, OSB
What is the greatest Eucharistic miracle? More than what we commonly know as “Eucharistic miracles,” the greatest miracle is that we are transformed into what…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Epiphany of the Lord (2025)
On Sunday, January 5, Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preached this homily on the occasion of the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord in the Abbey church. Abbot…
Seek Things AboveReceiving the Gifts of OCIA with Dr. Bill Keimig
Dr. Bill Keimig is the Deputy Director of the Catechetical Institute at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio. On November 22, 2024, Dr. Keimig spoke…
Seek Things AboveHow to Pray When You’re Too Busy with Jennifer Anna Rich
How can we, as Christians, practice stillness, ceaseless prayer, and being with God in a busy and often distracted world? In this talk from November 16, 2024…
Seek Things AboveHomily for Christmas Midnight Mass (2024)
In this homily from the 2024 Christmas Midnight Mass at Mount Angel Abbey, Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, preaches about how the coming of Christ into the world…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the 50th Jubilee of Monastic Profession of Abbot Jeremy, Br. Claude, and Fr. Nathan (2024)
Abbot Jeremy Driscoll preached this homily on Gaudete Sunday, December 15, 2024, on the occasion of his, Br. Claude Lane's, and Fr. Nathan Zodrow's 50th…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (2024)
Abbot Jeremy preached this homily on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception in the Abbey church, which was celebrated on December 9, 2024. For more talks…
Seek Things AboveHomily for Br. Matthew Sislow’s Institution as Acolyte (2024)
Abbot Jeremy preached this homily on the occasion of Br. Matthew's Sislow's institution as an acolyte during Mass in the Abbey church on December 10, 2024…
Seek Things AboveExploring the Real Presence with Abbot Peter Eberle, OSB
In this talk from November 9, 2024, Abbot Peter Eberle, OSB, explores the history of the controversies concerning the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist…
Seek Things AboveUnderstanding What Happens at Mass with Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB
In this talk from October 19, Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, speaks about the four parts of the Mass, understanding their relationship and flow: from the Liturgy…
Seek Things AboveHomily for the Solemnity of All Saints (2024)
This is the homily that Abbot Jeremy preached at Mount Angel Abbey on the Solemnity of All Saints, November 1, 2024. Abbot Jeremy is the 12th abbot of Mount…
Seek Things AboveCardinal Hume on the Eucharist with Sister Gertrude Feick, OCSO
This is the first of four talks in the fall 2024 Christian in the World lecture series, sponsored by the Mount Angel Institute. The theme for the entire series…
Seek Things AboveSacred Art, New Evangelization, and Sacred Scripture with Tomasz Misztal
Sponsored by the Mount Angel Institute, artist Tomasz Misztal shares how art and its creation has transformed and affected his life. Focusing on the sacred and…