Category: Mectilde de Bar

Blessed are the peacemakers

29 November 2013

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God In less than four weeks time we will be singing the opening...

Blessed are they that mourn

8 November 2013

Blessed Are They that Mourn Jesus Christ is true God and true Man. The words and deeds of Jesus Christ during His life on earth...

The Hard and Rugged Paths (LVIII:1)

18 September 2013

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...

The Saints Understand One Another

11 January 2013

Father Willie Doyle and Mother Mectilde de Bar belonged to different religious Orders, different cultures, and different moments in history. Their experience of prayer, nonetheless,...

Amen

10 January 2013

I referred to this text of Mother Mectilde de Bar in yesterday’s homily. It is taken from Le véritable esprit [The True Spirit], the book...

Vultus Christi (The Face of Christ) is the spiritual blog of the Benedictine Monks of Perpetual Adoration at Our Lady of the Cenacle Monastery (Silverstream Priory) in Ireland. Through this apostolate, the monks of Silverstream Priory share the fruits of their contemplation of the Face of Christ for the edification of the faithful, with a particular emphasis on the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, the Church's Liturgy, and the Blessed Virgin Mary, as well as on monasticism and the spiritual legacy of Mother Mectilde de Bar (1614-1698), foundress of the Benedictines of Perpetual Adoration. More information is available from our website, or visit cenaclepress.com to purchase products from the monastery.