Heart of Jesus, Formed by the Holy Spirit in the Womb of the Virgin Mary
I pray thee, O Most Holy Virgin Mary, that I might hear the Heartbeat of redeeming Love, and that with Thee I might adore the...
Reparation to the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus
O Lord Jesus Christ present in this wonderful sacrament, I desire at this hour to make reparation to Thy Eucharistic Heart and to open myself...
A New Priest of the Pierced Heart of Christ
. . . Having completed His sacrifice, and giving up His spirit, the side of Christ is pierced and out flowed blood and water. It...
Woundedness
Terry’s commentary on Jacob’s struggle is magnificent. Read the whole text at Abbey–Roads2. This wrestling in the night can also suggest the spiritual combat involved...
The Eucharistic Heart of Jesus
On 9 November 1921, Pope Benedict XV instituted the feast of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus to be celebrated on the Thursday within the Octave...
This Beautiful One in His Robe
Come With Confidence The Church of Sant’Alfonso on the Via Merulana is one of my favourite neighbourhood pilgrimages. It enshrines the original precious and wonderworking...
Diversities of Graces
The Open Side of Jesus Crucified Look at this remarkable painting of Jesus Crucified. The focus of the composition is the wound in His Sacred...
Mother Mary of St. Peter, Adorer of the Sacred Heart
June 17th is the dies natalis of Marie–Adèle Garnier, Mother Mary of St. Peter, Foundress of the Adorers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of...
Cor Jesu, Templum Dei Sanctum
Heart of Jesus, Holy Temple of God, have mercy on us. The temple built by Solomon is a figure of the mystery of the Heart...
Cor Jesu, maiestatis infinitae
Heart of Jesus, of infinite majesty, have mercy on us I cannot pray this invocation without recalling the Prophet Daniel’s vision of the Son of...
Cor Jesu, Verbo Dei substantialiter unitum
Heart of Jesus, substantially united to the Word of God, have mercy on us From all eternity, God desired to love man divinely with a...
Cor Jesu, Fili Patris Aeterni, miserere nobis.
Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father My project for the month of June is to offer something of a commentary on the Litany...
Happy Birthday, Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Cast into the furnace of love, the Heart of Jesus, all your anxieties, your trials, your fears, so that He may burn them away. Mother...
Damien, A Priest Adorer
I find my consolation in the one and only companion who will never leave me, that is, our Divine Saviour in the Holy Eucharist. ....
Happy Anniversary, Monsignor!
Thirty–Seven Years of Mass I am dedicating this special entry to my friend Monsignor Arthur Burton Calkins on the 37th anniversary of his ordination to...
And I Will Manifest Myself to Him
Fifth Monday of Paschaltide Acts 14:5–18 Psalm 113B:1–2, 3–4, 15–16 (R.1ab) John 14:21–26 Grateful to Saint Jude We are grateful to the Apostle Saint Jude...
At the Carceri: The Face of Christ and His Open Side
Yesterday morning, together with Leonard and Mark, my friends from the U.S., I visited the Carceri or hermitages hidden on the wooded slopes of Mount...
Plagas, sicut Thomas, non intueor
Here at Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, I have the privilege of living just a few steps away from the Chapel of the Sacred Relics where...
O Blessed Wound!
On the occasion of the Holy Father’s 80th birthday and in response to his invitation to contemplate the wounded Side of Christ, I offer again...
Open Thy Sacred Heart and Let Me In
Ah, awful Face of Love, bruised by my hand, Turn to me, pierce me with Thine eyes of flame, And give, me deeper knowledge of...