Category: Blessed Virgin Mary

For the Feast of Our Lady of the Cenacle

31 May 2014

Saturday, 31 May 2014 Feast of Our Lady of the Cenacle My dear Oblate family, Turn to Mary The Invitatory for today’s feast — Our...

Coming to fulfil what is written of me

24 March 2014

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...

One must never fear to give Mary too much

6 February 2014

I continue today my translation of Mother Mectilde’s text on true devotion to the Blessed Virgin. She wrote this text sometime during her Benedictine noviciate...

One must begin with the Mother

4 February 2014

Your Life is Hid with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3) The Annonciades, having been obliged to flee their monastery in Bruyères, found a compassionate welcome...

The Human Face of Divine Mercy

2 February 2014

Look closely at this painting (1488) by Bartolomeo di Giovanni; it was commissioned for the Hospital of the Innocents in Florence. The six-sided altar at...

Vultus Christi (The Face of Christ) is the spiritual blog of the Benedictine Monks of Perpetual Adoration at Our Lady of the Cenacle Monastery (Silverstream Priory) in Ireland. Through this apostolate, the monks of Silverstream Priory share the fruits of their contemplation of the Face of Christ for the edification of the faithful, with a particular emphasis on the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, the Church's Liturgy, and the Blessed Virgin Mary, as well as on monasticism and the spiritual legacy of Mother Mectilde de Bar (1614-1698), foundress of the Benedictines of Perpetual Adoration. More information is available from our website, or visit cenaclepress.com to purchase products from the monastery.