Category: Liturgical Texts

Drink to the Love of Saint John!

Blessing of Wine on the Feast of Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist On the Feast of Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist, at the end of...

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...

SS. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus

Invitatory The God who conversed with men: * O come, let us adore. Hymn, Redditum luci, Dominus vocante Sing of the first fruits of the...

In Cenaculi Solitudine

Our Lady of the Cenacle Many years ago and long before I had any idea that I would one day play a role in establishing...

Matrem nobis et magistram providisti

Today, we had this wonderful collect (from the Maurist Benedictine Breviary) at the Hours: O God, who hast given us thy Spouse, the Church, to...