9 November, Mass of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON MR I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her...
8 November, Mass of Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, Virgin
At the end of the homily today I prayed Blessed Elizabeth’s prayer; her text has a way of establishing the soul in silence. After Mass...
7 November, Mass of Saint Willibrord, Bishop
I remember today Sister Marie–Willibrorda, O.S.B. of the Monastère Saint–Joseph in France and my friends, the Poor Clare nuns of Eindhoven in the Netherlands. ENTRANCE...
4 November, Mass of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop
The Collect for today’s memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo contains an extraordinary phrase. We ask that the Church, being ceaselessly renewed, and thus conformed to...
3 November, Mass of Saint Martin de Porres, Religious
The medallion of Saint Martin de Porres is the work of the Dominican priest and sculptor, Father Thomas McGlynn (1906–1977). Father McGlynn’s strong images of...