The Rosary of the Seven Dolours
The Rosary of the Seven Dolours of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a way of holding in one’s heart the mystery/events of the Childhood and...
Presentation of the Lord
Malachy 3:1-4 Psalm 23: 7, 8, 9, 10 Hebrews 2: 14-18 Luke 2: 22-40 Susception Day “We receive, O God, Your mercy, in the midst...
Blessed Ildefonso Schuster
We often read from Blessed Ildefonso Cardinal Schuster’s magnificent work, The Sacramentary. Here is an excerpt from his presentation of the Advent Ember Days. Prayer...
The unsearchable mysteries of God
At Matins this morning: The Lesson from the Holy Gospel according to Luke. At that time: God sent the angel Gabriel to a city of...
S. Ioannis Didaci Cuahtlatoatzin
Yes, that would be the much loved Saint Juan Diego of Guadalupe as he is designated in the new Solesmes Antiphonale Monasticum for December 9th....
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...
Pope on Patriarch
Hail, O rich and shady Mountain of God, whereon pastured the True Lamb, Who hath taken away our sins and infirmities, Hab. iii. 3; Isa....
Gaudens gaudebo in Domino
A Meditation on the Mass of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Look at this extraordinary medieval painting that shows the Tree of...
Hope of Thy Children Scarred by Sin
A Consecration of Souls to the Immaculate I wrote this prayer of consecration seven years ago (2007) while supplying for a fortnight as chaplain to...
Since You Asked
A Reader’s Question Some time ago a reader of Vultus Christi asked, “How does one kindle (in oneself) a devotion to Mary?” I would answer...
Into the House of the Lord
Our Lady in the Temple The solemn dedication of the Church of the Mother of God near the Temple in Jerusalem took place on November...
Audiens, orans, pariens, offerens
Marialis Cultus Among the teachings of Blessed Pope Paul VI, the Apostolic Exhortation, Marialis Cultus (2 February 1974), is remarkable for its contribution to a...
Into the Garden of the Rosary
Telling One’s Beads Over Saint Luke’s Gospel I have always thought the Rosary a particularly Lukan prayer. So many of the mysteries are drawn from...
The Boy who Saw the Mother of God
“How beautiful God is, how beautiful! But He is sad because of the sins of men. I want to console Him, I want to suffer...
Envelop this island on all sides
We beseech and pray thee, holy Mary, to accept today the total and irrevocable consecration of Ireland to thy maternal and immaculate Heart. Let the...
Like a gentle rain to soften every heart
Readers of Vultus Christi may want to pray the following very ancient litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the feast of her glorious Assumption...
Saint Maximilian Maria’s Secret of Holiness
Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe’s Act of Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary O Immaculate, Queen of heaven and earth, Refuge of sinners and our most...
Our Lady in the Chapter Room
It occurred to me that today’s feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is most suitable for letting readers of Vultus Christi see the wood–carved...
For the Feast of Our Lady of the Cenacle
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
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...