Let not your heart be disturbed
Let nothing frighten or grieve you, let not your heart be disturbed, do not fear any sickness or anguish. Am I not here, who am...
Loreto: A Place and a Grace
Pope Benedict XVI preached at Loreto on 4 October 2012. On this feast of the Holy House of the Incarnation, Pope Benedict’s words invite us...
Gaudens gaudebo in Domino
A Meditation on the Mass of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary [Originally posted in 2006] Look at this extraordinary medieval painting that...
Tota pulchra
The Radiant Brightness of the Immaculate Virgin Mary How right it is that in these « cold, and dark, and dreary » December days the sacred liturgy...
Pax vera descendit
This day is the true peace come down unto us from heaven. * This day throughout the whole world the skies drop down sweetness. V....
I Will Betake Myself to Thy House
The Holy House of Loreto Falling between the feasts of the Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of Guadalupe, is the feast of The Holy House...
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...
Only hope of your children scarred by sin
A Consecration of Souls to the Immaculate I wrote this prayer of consecration eight years ago (2007) while supplying for a fortnight as chaplain to...
Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas Between East and West The Church in East and West commemorates today Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker. The very first journey of Pope Benedict...
O bona crux!
A Cross On the Threshold of Advent The feast of Saint Andrew the First–Called marks the threshold of the new liturgical year with the sign...