Fervent in the Work of God
Chapter LVIII. Of the Discipline of Receiving Brethren into Religion 11 Apr. 11 Aug. 11 Dec. Afterwards let him go into the Novitiate, where he...
A Few Souls Weep
Exposition and Adoration Not long ago, on a Friday evening, while visiting a major international Marian shrine recognized by the Holy See, I attended exposition...
Wasting the Precious Ointment
Yesterday morning (2 June 2012), during the very lengthy and rich Liturgy for Ember Saturday in Whitsun (Pentecost) Week, I preached to a group of...
Prime Time
Prime Back in the late 1940s and 50s, when, in synergy with the Liturgical and Biblical renewals, the Benedictine Oblateship was enjoying something of a...
Will you say a prayer for me, Father?
Men Who Specialize in Prayer What I am about to share reflects, without any doubt, the experience of most priests. It is especially true here...
The Feast of Christ the King
In the Two Calendars In the traditional calendar of the Roman Rite, the Feast of Christ the King, instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925,...
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...
Time for another “Tra le sollecitudini”
The Primacy of Gregorian Chant The Holy Father’s Letter to the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music (13-5-11) has prompted me to share with the readers...
Let us test and examine our ways
Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord! (Lamentations 3:40) Again: Time for An Intervention I originally wrote this post last...
Père Garrigou-Lagrange on Psalmody
Father Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange’s remarkable teaching on liturgical prayer in The Three Ages of the Interior Life is a suitable complement to yesterday’s post on psalmody....
On the Psalmody of the Divine Office
Last October I was invited to speak at the National Assembly of the Conference of Major Superiors of Women Religious in Belleville, Illinois. My subject...
Adé Béthune (1914-2002)
I had the privilege of being apprenticed to Adé Béthune in the early 1970s. We remained good friends until her death. Adé was a person...
Just Asking
The Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum, On certain matters to be observed or to be avoided regarding the Most Holy Eucharist, was promulgated by the Congregation for...
The Core of Monasticism Is Adoration
In the address pronounced three years ago at the flourishing Heiligenkreuz Abbey, Pope Benedict XVI offered the whole Church a veritable Charter of Monastic Life...
Listen
Thanks to Carl Dierschow and Adam Wright, I am able to present to the readers of Vultus Christi recordings of my three lectures at the...
This Day Was Chosen
The transfer of the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ to Sunday by the Bishops of the United States is unfortunate; it effectively...
Aqua Sapientiae
Tuesday of Pascha Proper of the Mass Those of you who follow the preaching of our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, will have noticed how...
Blessed Marmion Novena: Day Eight
Blessed Abbot Marmion’s entire chapter XIV, entitled The Divine Office, in Christ, the Ideal of the Priest deserves to be studied, and meditated, and brought...
The Blessing of Oil in the Roman Ritual
Oil for Our Lamps The other day, a dear and generous friend, knowing that oil lamps burn in the Oratory before the Blessed Sacrament and...
Winter Reading
What are you reading during these dark winter days? You may think me a glutton for gloom, given recent events in the land of my...