Category: Blessed Virgin Mary

At the School of Saint John Eudes

19 August 2016

Priestly Union with the Blessed Virgin Mary Today, 19 August, is the feast of Saint John Eudes, priest and ardent mystic of the Hearts of...

With Mary, into the love of things invisible

14 August 2016

I gave the following homily at the Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Józefów on Saturday morning 13th August 2016. The Polish text, translated...

Mass of Our Mother of Perpetual Succour

27 June 2016

Introit Rejoice we all in the Lord, as we keep festival in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary: whose solemnity makes angels joyful and sets...

Beginning Afresh

2 May 2016

Benedictines Always Beginning Again We began today, once again, the reading of the Holy Rule from the beginning. In Benedictine life, we are always beginning...

Ave — Consummatum est

25 March 2016

Good Friday falls this year on the feast of the The Annunciation of the Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The two mysteries intersect: the...

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