Domine, non sum dignus
Monday of the First Week of Advent Isaiah 2:1–5 Psalm 121:1–2, 3–4ab, 4cd–5, 6–7, 8–9 Matthew 8:5–11 Saints in Advent We celebrate the Holy Mysteries...
Ecce Mater Tua
Thirty–Fourth Wednesday of the Year II Apocalypse 15:1–4 Psalm 97:1, 2–3ab, 7–8, 9 (R. Apocalypse 15:3b) John 19:5b–27 The Heart in Pilgrimage Ubi Petrus, ibi...
Clean Hands and a Pure Heart
Monday of the Thirty–Fourth Week of the Year II Revelation 14:1–3, 4b–5 Psalm 23:1–2, 3–4ab, 5–6 (R. 6) Luke 21:1–4 Prayer for the Holy Father...
Holy Mass: Our Great Thanksgiving
Votive Mass In Thanksgiving to God 1 Kings 8:55-61 Psalm 144: 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 John 15:9-17 “Solomon stood before the altar of the...
Et Ecce Ostium Apertum in Caelo
Thirty–Third Wednesday of the Year II Memorial of Saint Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr Revelation 4:1–11 Psalm 150:1–2, 3–4, 5–6 (Rev 4:8b) Luke 19:11–28 Heaven’s Open...
Ecce, Sponsus Venit!
Strong, Serene, Majestic, Invincible When in 1867 Abbot Prosper Guéranger set about opening a Benedictine monastery for women at Solesmes, he placed the whole enterprise...
Pie Iesu Domine, dona eis requiem.
Commemoration of All the Departed Who Militated Under the Rule of Saint Benedict Romans 8:14–23 Psalm 63, 1, 2–3, 4–5, 7–8 (R. 1b Gospel: John...
Salvete, Cedri Libani
November 13 All Saints Who Militated under the Rule of Saint Benedict Isaiah 61:9–11 Psalm 102: 1–2, 3–4, 8–9, 13–14, 17–18a (R. 1a) John 15:1–8...
He Comes To Us Wrapped in the Humblest of Cloaks
November 11 Feast of Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop Isaiah 61:1-3abcd Psalm 88:2-3, 4-5, 21-22, 25, 27 Matthew 25: 31-40 Today’s gospel, focusing on judgment...
Sacred Signs
Saint Leo is a model of holiness for all of us. While all are not called to preach, and very few indeed are chosen to...
Terribilis Est Locus Iste
November 9 The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Today’s festival invites us, in some way, to cross the threshold of the Lateran Basilica and enter...
At Home in Rome
Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12 Ps 45: 2-3, 5-6, 8-9 1 Corinthians 3: 9c-11, 16-17 John 2:13-22 God Is In Her...
God At Work Within
NOVEMBER 8 BLESSED ELIZABETH OF THE TRINITY, VIRGIN Wednesday of the Thirty–First Week of the Year II Philippians 2:12–18 Psalm 26:1, 4, 13–14 (R. 2a)...
Laus Meus in Ecclesia Magna
TUESDAY OF THE THIRTY–FIRST WEEK OF THE YEAR II Philippians 2:5-11 Psalm 21: 26b-27, 28-30a, 31-32 (R. v. 26a) Luke 14:15-24 Christ Obedient Unto Death...
Requiem
NOVEMBER 2 ALL SOULS DAY Isaiah 25:6, 7-9 2 Corinthians 5:1, 6-10 Luke 23: 44-46, 52-53; 24:1-6a Perpetual Light The Church’s prayer for the dead...
From My Archives: The Food of All Saints
I preached this homily two years ago in 2004 for All Saints Day during the Year of the Eucharist. I would want to say the...
On All Hallows Eve
TUESDAY OF THE THIRTIETH WEEK OF THE YEAR II Ephesians 5:21–23 Psalm 127:1–2, 3, 4–5 (R. cf. 1a) Luke 13:18–21 All Hallows Eve Today is...
Until We Find Ourselves Gazing At Him
MONDAY OF THE THIRTIETH WEEK OF THE YEAR II Ephesians 4:32—5:8 Psalm 1:1–2, 3, 4 and 6 (R. cf. Eph 5:1) Luke 13:10–17 I Want...
In Laudem Gloriae Eius
FRIDAY OF THE TWENTY–EIGHTH WEEK OF THE YEAR II Ephesians 1:11–14 Psalm 32:1–2, 4–5, 12–13 (R. 12b) Luke 12:1–7 Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, a...
“God so greatly enlarged the soul of his servant”
The painting depicts New Amsterdam (Manhattan) circa 1668. David and Mary Ann went on pilgrimage last week to the Shrine of the North American Martyrs...