Abbey Archive

1 John 3

By Collegiate Abbey / October 25, 2016

The third chapter of 1st John reminds me of a mountain. It’s not a mountain I’ve visited; it’s a mountain John visited as a younger man, the Mount of Transfiguration.…

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1 John 2

By Collegiate Abbey / October 17, 2016

There’s an old tradition about the Apostle John that has always been accepted as true by the Church. In his later years his house would often be the gathering place…

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1 John 1

By Collegiate Abbey / October 10, 2016

Instead of following the normal structure of an epistle—who the letter is to, who the letter is from, greeting, expression of gratitude, letter content, closing—John (the presumed author of 1…

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