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...
A Vocation’s Unexpected Turns
Birth, Passion, Death Each year the Church gives us two feastdays of Saint John the Baptist: the first on June 24th to mark his nativity,...
O Holy Father John Chrysostom, you are a brilliant torch flooding the universe with light!
Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 1 Corinthians 7:35-31 Psalm 44:10-11, 13b-14, 15-16 (r. 10a) Luke 6:20-26 A Preacher Unlike Any Other...