Category: Christmastide

2009 Belongs to Our Lady

1 January 2009

For over thirty years now, my dear old friend Father Jacob, O.P. and I have renewed our consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of...

Misericordiam non mutavit, sed multiplicavit

29 December 2008

My incomparable Saint Bernard (depicted above with Saint Ambrose in a 1475 painting by Francesco di Giorgio Martini) spoke so eloquently this morning of the...

At Vespers

28 December 2008

This painting of the adolescent Jesus is in the chapel of the Casa San Francesco in Carsoli (Aquila), Italy. I preached this evening at Pontifical...

Oremus

26 December 2008

The Prayer of the Faithful The Prayer of the Faithful for the Ordinary Form of the Mass poses a number of complex problems. The lack...

Sed quid invenientibus?

4 January 2008

Among the Cistercians A tender and burning love for the Holy Name of Jesus found expression in the lyrical preaching of Saint Bernard and the...

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