The Things That Are Above
A Commentary on the Mass of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary There is no better way to enter into the mystery of any...
Did anyone else notice this?
The Modification of a Collect A few days ago, on the feast of Saint Jean-Marie Vianney, the holy Curé of Ars, I preached on the...
Votive Mass of the Passion of Our Lord
It is customary in some places to offer the Votive Mass of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ or to keep the Commemoration of...
The Orations for the Gift of Tears
A reader of Vultus Christi who signs himself “Mark of the Vineyard” asked that I post something about the so-called Votive Mass for the Gift...
Votive Mass of the Prayer in the Garden
Among the beautiful Votive Masses of the Passion, found in some missals for certain weekdays after Septuagesima and through Lent, is that of The Prayer...
Bernadette
Although the Roman Martyrology commemorates the anniversary of Saint Bernadette’s death on April 16th, her liturgical memorial is kept on February 18th at Lourdes itself,...
Votive Mass of the Holy Angels
Ferial Tuesdays The Roman Missal indicates that the Votive Mass of the Holy Angels is suitable for Tuesdays when no other celebration of higher rank...
Saints Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus
Collect O God, by whose grace Saint Joseph of Arimathea was emboldened to ask for the sacred Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, that together...
Pax Benedictina
Collect Almighty God, who made Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso a good shepherd, to build up with exemplary virtue the flock entrusted to him; grant that we...
Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost
The Collect Keep, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy Church with Thy perpetual mercy, and because the frailty of man without Thee cannot but fall,...
Vultum tuum, Domine, requiram
“La Trasfigurazione” by Marco Pino, 1578 Among the many days in the liturgical calendar that direct our gaze to the holy and glorious Face of...
Multiply Upon Us Thy Mercy
Illumination and Healing On this Sunday within the Octave of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Third Sunday after Pentecost, the liturgy is of an...
Oblate Sunday: Vespers
Today is our monthly Oblate Sunday. Our local Oblates, layfolk belonging to the monastery’s extended family, will gather at 3:30 p.m. for a conference on...
Mass of Our Mother of Good Counsel
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON MR I called upon God and the spirit of wisdom came to me; I learned without guile and I impart without grudging; I...
By night be Thou our heart’s repose
I came across this hymn for Compline in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament exposed in Les heures du Saint-Sacrement published at Lille in 1856...
Interpellans pro nobis Christus Pontifex noster
Today’s Collect O God, who for the salvation of the world, brought about the paschal sacrifice, be favourable to the supplications of your people, that...
Feria Quarta Post Dominica II Paschae
This is the icon of the Holy Face in our monastic oratory. Photo by Becky Loper. Ut, quod fide recolimus, perpetua dilectione capiamus Second Wednesday...
Mass of Saint Patrick, Principal Patron of Ireland
I thought it might be interesting, in time for tomorrow, to present the Proper Mass for Saint Patrick, Principal Patron of Ireland, as given in...
Shrove Tuesday: Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus
In Rome and in other places, Shrove Tuesday is observed as the Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus. In 2007 I had the privilege...
The Surpassing Power of Love
Preface for the Feast of Saint Scholastica, Virgin Truly it is right and just, our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere to give you...