Irish Litany to Our Lady
For the Month of May An Ancient Irish Litany of the Ever-Blessed Mother of God Translated from the Original Irish of the Eighth Century It...
The Rosary of the Seven Dolours
The Rosary of the Seven Dolours of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a way of rememorating certain events in the Passion of Our Lord Jesus...
Stultus in risu exaltat vocem suam (VII:10)
7 Feb. 8 June. 8 Oct. The tenth degree of humility is, that he be not easily moved and prompt to laughter; because it is...
Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo
Doctor of the Virginity of Mary Today is the feast of Saint Ildephonsus, Archbishop of Toledo (+ 23 January 667). Dom Guéranger calls him the...
Our Lady of Pontmain
Today, January 17th, the feast of Saint Antony, is also the feast of Our Lady of Pontmain venerated under the title of Our Mother of...
That Fiery Prayer: the Rosary
Saint Francisco of Fatima Two years ago, D. Finnian and I had the opportunity to visit with Dr Ângela de Fátima Coelho da Rocha Pereira...
An Oblate of Silverstream on Fatima and the Desert Fathers
Marco da Vinha and his wife, Isa, are Oblate novices of Silverstream Priory. Marco and Isa are the parents of Helena and Cristóvão. They make...
Blessed Bartolo Longo
Blessed Bartolo Longo There is a marvelous figure of holiness inscribed on the calendar today: Blessed Bartolo Longo, the great Apostle of the Rosary and...
Blessing of Herbs and Flowers
Christians of both East and West have, from very early times, blessed herbs and fruit on the Feast of the Assumption. Thus blessed, these creatures...
An Assumption Homily
Assumpta Est Maria Assumpta est Maria in caelum, gaudent angeli, laudantes benedicunt Dominum! Mary has been taken up into heaven; the angels rejoice and, praising,...
The Knowledge of the Glory of God
Treasure in Earthen Vessels “We have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us” (2...
Our Lady of the Cenacle in Armenian Iconography
After his brilliant latest essays on Julien Green, and on Saints Benedict and Philip Neri, Mr Rick Yoder, only recently graduated from The University of...
Our Lady of Fatima
My Immaculate Heart Will Triumph Today’s feast of Our Lady of Fatima coincides with the thirty–sixth anniversary of the attempt on the life of Pope...
A Letter to Alessandro
A young man asked if I might reflect with him on the practice of Total Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary, following the doctrine of...
Of the Observance of Lent (3)
CHAPTER XLIX. Of the Observance of Lent 31 Mar. 31 July. 30 Nov. Although the life of a monk ought at all times to have...
Bernadette
Her Feast Today, February 18th, is the feast of Saint Bernadette. I have long cherished the Collect for her feast: O God, protector and friend...
Difficult Pastoral Situations: The Marian Solution
Difficult pastoral situations are nothing new. They are, in fact, as old as Mother Church herself. It has never not been hard to follow Our...
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...
Ad aeterna tabernacula festinare
The Cross, the Passion, and the Most Holy Eucharist Today’s Saint Silvester Guzzolini (1177-1267), founder of the so-called Blue Benedictines (from the colour of their...
Maria Bambina
Maria Bambina Unto us a little girl is born; unto us a daughter is given. “The Holy Ghost shall come upon her, and the power...