The Antiphons of Saint Joseph
The Antiphons for Saint Joseph are some of the most delightful Antiphons of the Year. The series of five psalm Antiphons recounts one of the...
The Chaplet of the Holy Cross
The Chaplet of the Holy Cross prayed using Rosary beads, & especially suitable for Fridays, feasts of the Cross & martyrs, Lent & Paschaltide,...
An ‘Octave’ and a Chaplet of the Cross
An ‘Octave’ of the Cross 14 September Following on our previous post, today, the feast of the Apostle Saint Matthew, brings to a close a...
The Cross of Christ Urges Us
Venerable Pope Pius XII wrote about the Cross and love for souls: There is no duty more urgent, Verenable Brethren, than ‘to make known...
Salva Nos: Perimus (Save us, we perish!)
Christ Calms the Storm The Mass propers for today are taken from the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany. When Easter is early, these propers are moved...
The Weekly Psalter (XVIII)
CHAPTER XVIII. In What Order the Psalms Are to Be Said 24 Feb. 25 June. 25 Oct. The order of psalmody for the Day-Hours being...
Pater noster qui es in caelis (XIII:2)
16 Feb. 17 June. 17 Oct. The Office of Lauds and Vespers, however, must never conclude without the Lord’s Prayer being said aloud by the...
Thus one festival prepares us for the next
From a Letter of Saint John of Avila, Doctor the Church, to a Lady, On the Feasts of Pentecost and Corpus Christi Let us now...
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:...
Psallite sapienter (XIX)
CHAPTER XIX. Of the Discipline of saying the Divine Office 24 Feb. 26 June. 26 Oct. We believe that the Divine presence is everywhere, and...
Gaudium sit tibi semper
The Liturgical Providence of God Revisited Some weeks ago at Holy Mass, I preached on the liturgical providence of God. I attempted to articulate something...
The liturgy: foremost and indispensable
Blaming the Jesuits Father Blake of Brighton, with his customary candour, writes in a recent post: I blame the Jesuits and the Spirit of the...