22 November, Saint Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON GR I spoke of your testimonies before kings, and I was not ashamed: I meditated also on your commandments, which I loved (Ps...
18 November, The Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
The days between the solemnity of All Saints and the First Sunday of Advent are rich in images of the heavenly Jerusalem. The Dedication of...
In Anniversario Propriae Ordinationis
Exceptionally, on the occasion of the anniversary of his ordination, the Church allows a priest to pray at Holy Mass a set of orations in...
14 November, Requiem Mass for All the Departed Who Did Battle Under the Rule of Saint Benedict
It is a cherished monastic tradition to pray for the dead. Cistercians, in particular, have the custom of praying an entire Psalter (all 150 Psalms)...
13 November, All Benedictine Saints
Today we celebrated the feast of All Saints Who Militated Under the Rule of Saint Benedict. One might also translate the name of the feast...
11 November, Martinmas
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON MR I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to my heart and my soul, says the Lord...
10 November, Mass of Saint Leo the Great, Pope
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON MR The Lord made to him a covenant of peace to be the prince of his people that the dignity of priesthood should...
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...
2 November, All Souls Day
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON GR Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let the radiance of your light shine forever upon them (cf. 2 Es 2:35)....
1 November, All Saints Day or All Hallowmas
I have fond memories of sitting in my parish church as a lad and reading the commentary on the liturgy of All Saints Day by...
28 October, Mass of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
I returned last night from the Heaven on Earth Conference held at the Liturgical Institute at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake in...
20 October, Votive Mass of the Most Precious Blood
We will be celebrating the Votive Mass of the Most Precious Blood today, without however forgetting Saint Paul of the Cross, founder of the Congregation...
19 October, Mass of Saints John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, and Companions, Martyrs
“My confidence is placed in God who does not need our help for accomplishing his designs. Our single endeavor should be to give ourselves to...
18 October, Mass of Saint Luke the Evangelist
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON MR How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who publishes peace, who announces good, who preaches salvation (Is 52:7). COLLECT...
17 October, Mass of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr
I feel now that I am beginning to be Christ’s disciple; I desire none of those things which are seen, if so be I may...
16 October, Mass of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin
“Behold this Heart, which, not withstanding the burning love for man with which it is consumed and exhausted, meets with no other return from the...