In the School of the Host
Let all the hard and rugged paths by which we walk towards God be set before him. (Rule of Saint Benedict, Chapter LVIII. Of the...
Lest Thy Church suffer too great a darkness
Beloved Lord Jesus, I adore Thee, who art present here, with all the love of my heart. Sinner that I am, I would offer Thee...
Saint Juliana of Mont Cornillon
In celebration of the feast of Saint Juliana of Mont Cornillon, it is fitting to re–read Pope Benedict’s discourse (General Audience of Wednesday, 17th November...
Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus
Reparation The last century saw, here and there, like so many points of light in the Church, men and women drawn by the Holy Ghost...
Take thou me unto thyself, O Lord, and I shall live
Kneeling in choir before the Most Blessed Sacrament, we renewed our vows this night. Lord Jesus Christ, I give thee thanks with all my heart...
Gaudete in Domino semper!
The image of Saint John’s vision in the Apocalypse (1360-1390) is by Jacobello Alberegno. I chose it because the Eternal Father is vested in a...
Accedite ad eum et illuminamini
Several years ago I translated this splendid text of Mother Mectilde de Bar entitled “On the Solemnity of Thursday.” In it, Mother Mectilde pours out...
Tunc dixit: Ecce venio
CHAPTER XXXIII. Whether Monks Ought to Have Anything of Their Own 11 Mar. 11 July. 10 Nov. The vice of private ownership is above all...
An Intercessor for Priests
Blessed Marie de Jésus Deluil–Martiny Yesterday, 27 February, was the dies natalis and liturgical memorial of Blessed Marie de Jésus Deluil Martiny. Born to upper...
Act of Reparation in Advent
Laudetur sacrosanctum et augustissimum Sacramentum in aeternum. My God and my Saviour, Jesus, true God and true Man, worthy Victim of the Most High, Living...
Lex orandi, lex credendi: the ground of priestly piety
As a Holy Victim The Secret of the Mass for today’s feast of Saint Alphonsus Maria Liguori goes to the heart of an authentic priestly...
Come to Me all you who labor and are heavily burdened
Pope Pius XII and Eucharistic Adoration Already, in the years immediately following the Second World War, and mostly in northern Europe, voices were raised in...
750th Anniversary of the Institution of the Feast of Corpus Domini
In preparation for the festival of Corpus Christi, it is fitting to re–read Pope Benedict’s discourse on Saint Juliana and the origins of the feast....
God Hidden and Unknown
The Auction Someone informed me, yesterday, of an auction being held this weekend at a farm not far from the priory. Among the old furniture...
Man ate the bread of angels
Wednesday of Pascha Come, you blessed of my Father, receive the kingdom, alleluia prepared for you since the foundation of the world, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia...
Coming to fulfil what is written of me
The Annunciation in the Mectildian Jubilee Year By a wonderful and mysterious disposition of Divine Providence, Mother Mectilde de Bar received permission for the first...
The only spotless priest without sin
The Proper Mass of the Feast of Reparation for Offenses Committed Against the Most Holy Sacrament (Thursday after Sexagesima) contains the following beautiful Preface: It...
A Lover of the Pierced Heart of Jesus
Blessed Marie de Jésus Deluil–Martiny Today, besides being, in our monastery, Feast of Reparation for Offenses Committed Against the Most Holy Sacrament, is also the...
The Webcam in the Sanctuary
Adoration and Adoration I should like to respond to a number of queries concerning the practice by which pious individuals gaze at a webcam image...
Resting content in the Lord’s goodness
I know that tomorrow, the last day of the civil year, some of the Oblates of our monastery and many readers of Vultus Christi will...