Wasting the Precious Ointment
Yesterday morning (2 June 2012), during the very lengthy and rich Liturgy for Ember Saturday in Whitsun (Pentecost) Week, I preached to a group of...
Sufficit tibi gratia mea
Sexagesima Sunday 12 February 2012 The Introit Today’s Mass opens with a great cry asking God to wake up. The prayer is one of a...
Saint Paul, the First Hermit
Planted in the House of the Lord Today, in our Benedictine calendar, we commemorate Saint Paul the First Hermit (+343). The Introit of the Mass,...
The Eucharistic Humility of God
The 16th Sunday After Pentecost The Most Holy Eucharist is the Sacrament of the Divine Humility. Those who partake of It worthily enter into the...
The Call of Matthew According to Caravaggio
Caravaggio’s “Call of Matthew” is a meditatio on the lectio of today’s Gospel. It gives rise to oratio and leads to contemplatio. I am amazed...