The Sacred Heart of Jesus: The Remedy for All Our Woes
The following advice comes from St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. Although originally addressed to novices, the words are for all of us. Abyssus Abyssum Invocat If...
The Kaleidoscope of the Loving Heart of Jesus
The Octave of the Sacred Heart Even though the month of June is over, we continue to recall the feast of the Sacred Heart. In...
Blessed Schuster’s Daily Thoughts: The Sacred Heart of Jesus
Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus What is sweeter…than the Lord’s invitation? 1. A cultus and a special devotion for the Sacred Humanity of...
Beata Clelia Merloni
Camera ove morì Beata Clelia il 21 novembre 1930 Una Beata che Darà Speranza La Messa di Beatificazione di Madre Clelia Merloni (1861-1930, fondatrice delle Apostole...
Blessed Clelia Merloni
A Blessed Who Gives Hope Mother Clelia Merloni (1861–1930), foundress of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, will be beatified today, November 3rd,...
Soon to be Blessed: Mother Clelia Merloni
A Blessed Who Will Give Hope I was delighted recently to receive an invitation to the beatification of Mother Clelia Merloni (1861–1930), foundress of the...
Behold this Heart
The Mystical Invasion Saint Teresa of Jesus died in 1582. Thirty-two years later, on 31 December 1614, Catherine Mectilde de Bar was born at Saint–Dié...
Forgiveness and Reparation
Every now and then, I find it necessary to return to the Prayer of Forgiveness and Reparation that Our Lord inspired me to write several...
After First Vespers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
We have crossed the threshold, not only of Your feast, but also of Your mystery, O Pierced One. We have been in pilgrimage to Your...
Heroic confidence in the midst of impossibilities
June 17th was the dies natalis of Marie-Adèle Garnier, Mother Mary of St. Peter, Foundress of the Adorers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of...
Thou hast set Thy Heart on us
Thou hast set Thy Heart on us (cf. Dt 7:7) that we might set our hearts on Thee. In this is consecration, not that that...
The priest who is united to the Sacred Heart
His Eminence, Cardinal Burke, speaks the language of the saints: “Yes, it is by staying close to the inexhaustible and never ceasing font of truth...
An Intercessor for Priests
Blessed Marie de Jésus Deluil–Martiny Yesterday, 27 February, was the dies natalis and liturgical memorial of Blessed Marie de Jésus Deluil Martiny. Born to upper...
Forgiveness and Reparation
Every now and then, I find it necessary to return to the Prayer of Forgiveness and Reparation that Our Lord inspired me to write several...
Temptation
Saint Romuald Delivered From Evil Guercino painted this scene from the life of Saint Romuald in 1640-41. The holy abbot is kneeling in prayer in...
Josefa Menendez: Confidence and Hope
December 29, 1923 Josefa Menéndez died at 33 years of age on December 29th, 1923 at the Convent of Les Feuillants, Poitiers, France. At that...
A Lover of the Pierced Heart of Jesus
Blessed Marie de Jésus Deluil–Martiny Today, besides being, in our monastery, Feast of Reparation for Offenses Committed Against the Most Holy Sacrament, is also the...
The Sacred Heart in Margaret’s Kitchen
A Family Story My Irish grandmother’s Christian name was Margaret Mary. As one might expect, a framed picture of the Sacred Heart figured prominently in...
Priests in pilgrimage to Your Heart
I preached this homily to the Reverend Fathers of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, Nebraska, to...
On Purification of the Memory
I was happy today to return to the lesson at Matins for the feast of Saint Raphael the Archangel: Saint Bonaventure’s mystical exegesis of the...