Category: Pope Benedict XVI

The Core of Monasticism Is Adoration

10 September 2010

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...

Suscipe

30 July 2010

For this feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, here is a beautiful text of Pope Benedict XVI. I am mindful in prayer today of my...

The Priest With Jesus

20 June 2010

I am quite overwhelmed by the abundance and theological density of the Holy Father’s homilies, discourses, and writings. It is a privilege and a grace...

Sacrifice, Transubstantiation, and Real Presence

18 June 2010

The Holy Father Teaches The Holy Father’s June 17th address to the Convention of the Diocese of Rome on the Mystery of the Most Holy...

A Summons to Purification and to Joy

11 June 2010

HOMILY OF THE MASS OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS CELEBRATED BY HIS HOLINESS, POPE BENEDICT XVI AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE YEAR FOR PRIESTS,...

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.