The Antiphons of Saint Joseph
The Antiphons for Saint Joseph are some of the most delightful Antiphons of the Year. The series of five psalm Antiphons recounts one of the...
Paths to Mary
The Holy Name of Mary Today is the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary. Every monk at our monastery is given the name Maria at...
The Immaculate Heart of Mary Compared to the Sun
August is the month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Since our thoughts turn spontaneously towards our admirable Mother at all times — and especially...
The Heart of Mary Compared to the Heavens
August is the month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Our thoughts turn spontaneously towards our admirable Mother at all times, but especially in these...
23 January: The Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Winter Constellation The Church (who was both born and, largely, came of age north of the Equator) is not insensitive to the darkness and...
Mother Mectilde and the Ave Maria
Our Lady of Victory Leading up to October 7, 1571, Pope St Pius V, as GK Chesterton was to put it, “cast his arms abroad...
The Most Holy Name of Mary
Victory in the Name of Mary In 1683 Pope Innocent XI extended the existing Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary to the universal...
The Vigil of the Nativity of Mary
A Collect for the Vigil of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary ANT. Crastina die in ascensu diluculi egredietur stella ex Jacob divini luminis...
Christ’s Manifestation in Mary
Stella Ista The fifth antiphon for the Epiphany is a sweet, yet somehow haunting, seventh mode melody. As it is sung again and again, at...
The Blessed Virgin Mary Compared to the Moon
September 5, O Luna Tota Pulchra ANT. O Luna tota pulchra et sine macula, semper gratia et gloria plena! Luna perfecta in æternum! Luna splendidissima...
Mary and the Light of the First Day
Light like a Nebula The creation of light on the first day, three days before the creation of the sun, exerts a certain fascination upon...
The Blessed Virgin, Holy in the Womb of St. Anne
September 3, O Ignis ANT. O Ignis effulgens et inextinguibilis! Ignis inflammans et illuminans! Ignis divinæ caritatis, qui in utero lates beatissimæ Annæ! Veni, appare...
The Presignation of Mary in the Old Law
September 1, O Radius ANT. O Radius divinæ claritatis, candor lucis æternæ, splendidior sole lumineque pulchrior, Virgo Maria! Noli tardare, cito veni, et illumina mentes...
O Antiphons for the Marian New Year
New Beginnings “Nunc coepi!” cries out St. Josemaria Escriva, ” now I begin!” “This,” he writes, “is the cry of a soul in love which, at...
The Most Pure Heart of Mary
Blessed Are the Pure in Heart In the Beatitudes, Jesus, the Son of Mary, gives us the key that unlocks for us the mystery of...
Praying for the sick
The Comfort of the Mystical Body Nearly every day people write to us or come to the monastery asking us to pray for the sick....
Akathist to Our Lady of Lourdes
The Akathist to Our Lady of Lourdes is the work of a faithful servant of the Mother of God belonging to the Ukrainian Church. Traditionally,...
With few and reasonable words (VII:11)
8 Feb. 9 June. 9 Oct. The eleventh degree of humility is, that when a monk speaketh, he do so gently and without laughter, humbly,...
Into the Silence of the Mother of God
The Seven Utterances of the Mother of God It is rarely noted that the Seven Utterances of the Mother of God are given us in...
By the help of His grace (Prologue 6)
6 Jan. 7 May. 6 Sept. Since then, brethren, we have asked of the Lord who is to inhabit His temple, we have heard His...