Deus, cuius providentia in sui dispositione non fallitur
Homily of the Seventh Sunday After Pentecost Seven weeks ago we were celebrating Pentecost. Seven weeks ago we were beseeching the Holy Ghost to visit...
Velum Templi Scissum Est
Meditations on Good Friday Matins At the Office of Tenebrae last night, we sang the following Responsory: ℟. Velum templi scissum est, * Et...
The Cross at the Threshold of the Year
The cross has become something more than a historical memory; it does convey, almost as by a mathematical diagram, the truth about the real point...
“He Took Me In His Arms and Placed Me There” — Abandonment and the Prophet Job
September, marked in many parts of the world by the changing of the seasons and the colours of nature, is marked in the Divine Office...
He shall drink of the torrent in the way (XVIII:3)
CHAPTER XVIII. In what order the Psalms are to be said 23 Feb. 24 June. 24 Oct. Vespers are to be sung every day with...