Laetare, Jerusalem!
Like a Breath of Springtide “Be glad, Jerusalem! Hold an assembly, all you that love her: rejoice and be glad, you that were in sadness:...
Laetare: The Eucharistic Joy of the Church
Rejoice, O Jerusalem: and come together all you that love her: rejoice with joy, you that have been in sorrow: that you may exult, and...
The Desert of the Most Holy Sacrament
This painting of Christ in the wilderness is the work of Alessandro Bonvicino (1498–1554), know as the Moretto da Brescia. It is found in the...
The Prayer of the Son
Saint John’s is the divine and mystic Gospel: its every page shines with the brightness of the Face of Christ, revealing the glory of the...
Lazare, veni foras!
Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent John 11:1-45 The Divine and Mystic Gospel During these last days of Lent, the Church opens for us...
Vis sanus fieri? — Dost thou want to be made whole?
Introit Rescue me out of my necessities O Lord: see my humiliation and my struggle, and put away all my sins. V. To Thee, O...
You are the light of the world
Tuesday of the First Week of Lent: The Collect Réspice, Dómine, famíliam tuam: et præsta; ut apud te mens nostra tuo desidério fúlgeat, quæ se...
Lectio Divina for the First Week of Lent
Lectio Divina for the First Week of Lent 9 — 15 March 2014 Preparation 1. Clear your desk. 2. Have on your desk only your...
Audivit Dominus et misertus est mihi
Saturday After Ash Wednesday At the Introit: The Lord hath heard, and hath had mercy on me: the Lord became my Helper. V. I will...
For My Oblates . . . and Others
Saint Benedict the Practical When it comes to the observance of Lent, Saint Benedict is very practical, very concrete. He doesn’t spend a lot of...
Lent 2014
Horarium: Lent 2014 Life in a small monastery is full of unpredictable elements; we often have to adjust our schedule to changing circumstances. That being...