The Passover of Saint Benedict
Transitus Domini: The Passover of the Lord We stand today on the threshold of the Pasch, of Passiontide, the ‘Holy of Holies’ of the Church’s...
Homily for the Solemnity of Saint Patrick
The Week of the Patriarchs: Preparing for the Exodus By God’s providence, as we approach Holy Week every year, we are given the “Week of...
Homily for the Clothing of Novices
Homily at the Vestition Two New Novices Silverstream Priory 8 December 2025 Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception Note: On 8 December, 2025, two new men...
Super Missus Est
Homily on the Gospel Missus est Ember Wednesday of Advent 17 December 2025 Note: This is the traditional homily that is delivered each year to...
Solemnity of Christ the King: One-Hundred Years
In honour of the 100th year of celebrating the feast, we are re-posting the homily given at the Monastery for our celebration of the solemnity...
The 100th Celebration of the Solemnity of Christ the King
O God, Who in Thy Beloved Son, the King of the universe, hast willed to restore all things anew, graciously grant that all the families...
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...
Jubilation and the Cross
☩ PAX Homily 11 May 2025 3rd Sunday after Easter The following homily for this week’s Gospel incorporates the reflections of Blessed Cardinal Schuster on...
Homily for Quinquagesima Sunday
☩ PAX Homily 2 March 2025 Quinquagesima Sunday Domine, ut videam.—‘O Lord, that I may see.’ Setting forth on a journey Today, as we...
Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple
☩ PAX Homily 19 January 2025 Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple/2nd Sunday after Epiphany Ecce pater tuus et ego dolentes quaerebamus te....
The Name by Which We Are Saved
Homily for 5 January 2025 Most Holy Name of Jesus Non est in alio aliquo salus, nec enim aliud nomen est sub caelo datum hominibus,...
Homily for the 5th Sunday After Epiphany Resumed
The following is a transcript of the homily given at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle at Silverstream Priory last Sunday. The Mass...
Salus Populi Ego Sum
Saints Cosmas and Damian The Roman stational church of today’s Mass is the Basilica of Saints Cosmas and Damian. Who were Cosmas and Damian? Tradition has...
Semper rationabilia meditantes
Again, this week, while we were still on the threshold of the Holy Mysteries, in the Introit of the Mass, Our Lord spoke to us,...
Blessed Columba Marmion
A Great Irish Benedictine Today is the feast of a great Irish saint! Born and educated in Dublin, Joseph Marmion served as a curate in...
I will, be thou made clean
Adore ye God, O all ye His angels; Sion hears and is gladdened thereby, and the daughters of Juda shall exult. V. The Lord reigneth,...
Saint Bruno
Saint Bruno at the Cinema Curiously, Saint Bruno, the father of those who love solitude, found himself very much in the media in recent years....
The Knowledge of the Glory of God
Treasure in Earthen Vessels “We have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us” (2...
Deus, cuius providentia
The Collect It is, as I have so often said, by means of the Collect of the day — prayed once at Holy Mass, as...
Puer Samuel
Very often the key that unlocks for us the particular grace of any given Sunday is given in the Magnificat Antiphon at First Vespers. The...