An Intercessor for Priests
Blessed Marie de Jésus Deluil–Martiny Yesterday, 27 February, was the dies natalis and liturgical memorial of Blessed Marie de Jésus Deluil Martiny. Born to upper...
Act of Reparation in Advent
Laudetur sacrosanctum et augustissimum Sacramentum in aeternum. My God and my Saviour, Jesus, true God and true Man, worthy Victim of the Most High, Living...
Only God Can Thank God for God Worthily
Thanksgiving originates in the heart of the Son who, from all eternity is begotten of the Father and who, receiving Himself from the Father, in...
More About Lectio Divina
I realized, after I spoke to the fine priests of the Archdiocese of Armagh on Monday evening last, that there was much more that I...
And of his fulness we all have received
Today, Saint Gregory Nazianzen speaks to us of the great remedy of the Incarnation. It is in the adorable mystery of the Most Holy Eucharist...
First Holy Communion: 4 June 1959
This photograph was taken on the day of my First Holy Communion. Left to right: my dear little neighbour friend Brigitte Folz, at that time...
Rogation Monday
At Matins this morning, Saint Ambrose gave the following commentary on the Gospel of the Day: At that time : Jesus said unto his disciples:...
God Hidden and Unknown
The Auction Someone informed me, yesterday, of an auction being held this weekend at a farm not far from the priory. Among the old furniture...
Man ate the bread of angels
Wednesday of Pascha Come, you blessed of my Father, receive the kingdom, alleluia prepared for you since the foundation of the world, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia...
Vita vestra est abscondita cum Christo in Deo
Your life is hidden away now with Christ in God. Colossians 3:3 Some are called not to much speaking, nor to conversations about the Church,...
Sic in sancto apparui tibi
So in the holy place, I contemplate thee. Psalm 62:3 Silence of the Sacred Host, pervade me. Hiddenness of the Sacred Host, envelop me. Humility...
Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice’ sake
Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:10). Christ Jesus is persecuted in the Sacrament...
Blessed are the peacemakers
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God In less than four weeks time we will be singing the opening...
But quick–eyed Love drew nearer to me
In the Presence of Love There are souls for whom philosophical concepts are unintelligible, for whom theological words are hollow and meaningless, for whom the...
Adoration and Rejuvenation
“When I am in adoration, what matters is not my capacity to be lucid for an hour, but rather the fact that in accounting for...
Thanksgiving After Holy Communion
Constrained by the Holy Spirit Abba Agapios lingered in church after the Holy Oblation whilst his disciple Theophilos waited for him to begin the meal....
Adore te devote, latens Deitas
O hidden God, I adore Thee. O silent God, I adore Thee. O utterly humble God, I adore Thee. O ineffably obedient God, I adore...
Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
In a private audience yesterday with the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato, His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI...
Venerable Pius XII: Mediator Dei
128. The divine Redeemer is ever repeating His pressing invitation, “Abide in Me.”[121] Now by the sacrament of the Eucharist, Christ remains in us and...
Corpus Domini
The Octave of Corpus Domini, culminating on the solemnity of the Sacred of Jesus, is a time of immense graces for the Church and, in...