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...