Category: Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar

By night be Thou our heart’s repose

20 April 2010

I came across this hymn for Compline in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament exposed in Les heures du Saint-Sacrement published at Lille in 1856...

Where our paths converge

13 March 2010

Learn From the Saints Yes, Our Lord would have you learn from His saints. It is good to study the saints and receive their teachings....

Blessed Marmion Novena: Day Six

26 January 2010

Tomorrow will be the sixth day of our novena seeking the intercession of Blessed Columba Marmion. I invite the readers of Vultus Christi who are...

Blessed Marmion Novena: Day Three

23 January 2010

Victims and Victimhood For today’s text from Blessed Columba Marmion, I chose an extract from Christ, the Ideal of the Priest, in which he presents...

Doctor Zelantissimus

1 August 2009

Siamo Napoletani Given that grace builds on nature, my Neapolitan ancestry may, in some way, account for my spiritual affinity with Saint Alphonsus Maria Liguori....

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.