This Day Is Fulfilled This Scripture in Your Ears
And Jesus returned in the power of the spirit, into Galilee, and the fame of him went out through the whole country. And he taught...
Thy Name and Thy Countenance
O God, Who didst constitute Thine only-begotten Son the Savior of Mankind, and didst bid Him to be called Jesus: mercifully grant, that we who...
For you, too, I have a destiny and a hope
The Temple: Heart of the World Today’s Gospel is part of a bigger discourse in which Our Lord prophesies the destruction of the Solomon’s magnificent...
She Sings Her Ode to the King
Saint Gertrude the Great, Virgin Her Heart Overflows With a Goodly Theme It is right and just that today we should sit at the feet...
I have not lost sight of my plan for you
Comfort and Hope Holy Mass opens this morning with words of comfort and hope. As a rule, the Introit of the Mass is the prayer...
The Sacrament of All Saints
We celebrate today the memory of all who, by the power of the Holy Ghost at work in their lives and in their deaths, have...
Our life in the light of thy countenance
The Collect of Saint Bruno is, at a first glance, astonishing in that it does not even mention his characteristic grace: solitude. One would expect...
15th Sunday After Pentecost
Introit If you have ever felt desolate, needy, or fragile, you will have found in today’s Introit the perfect expression, in prayer to God, of...
Deus, in adjutorium meum intende
Into the Heart of Today’s Gospel The Introit of today’s Mass brought us straight into the heart of the Gospel. What did we sing or,...
Saint Laurence, Deacon and Martyr
I preached this homily in 2007, and decided to post it again today. 2 Corinthians 9:6-10 Psalm 111: 1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9 John 12:24-26 Live...
God is in His Holy Place
La guarigione del sordomuto, Cristoforo de Predis, Milano, 1440-1486 11th Sunday After Pentecost Today’s Introit, well served by its sturdy 5th mode melody, is a...
Votive Mass of Saint Richard Gwyne, Martyr
The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him (63:11). Devotion: the Gift of Self One of the most distinctive characteristics of...
Only one thing is necessary
In the Benedictine calendar, today is the feast of: Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus of Bethany, Hosts of the Lord A Place of Refreshment for...
Saints John and Paul, Martyrs of Rome
Friends and Martyrs of the Church at Rome Today is the memorial of Saints John and Paul, named both in the Martyrology and in the...
New Podcasts
We are pleased to present two new podcasts: Father Prior’s sermons for the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity and the Solemnity of Corpus Christi....
Restoring Ireland to Christ
In the Name of the Most Holy Trinity, from Whom is all authority and to Whom, as our final end, all actions both of men...
Saint Joseph’s Young Priests Society
Saturday of the Third Week of Lent 14 March 2015 Saint Joseph’s Young Priests Society I was invited to address yesterday the Dublin Congress of...
Presentation of the Lord
Malachy 3:1-4 Psalm 23: 7, 8, 9, 10 Hebrews 2: 14-18 Luke 2: 22-40 Susception Day “We receive, O God, Your mercy, in the midst...
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,...
The grace of God our Saviour hath appeared
The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ Mass During the Night The Nocturnal Journey It is true. “The people who walked in darkness have seen...