So intimate an alliance
Priestly Union with the Blessed Virgin Mary Today, 19 August, is the feast of Saint John Eudes, priest and ardent mystic of the Hearts of...
To Be Led By the Hand of God
“Whatever did not fit in with my plan did lie within the plan of God. I have an ever deeper and firmer belief that nothing...
A Deacon Exorcist and Martyr
The image depicts a 16th century wood polychrome statue of a smiling Saint Cyriacus. Note the lovely green dalmatic and golden maniple he is wearing....
Saint John Mary Vianney, Priest
For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men (1 Cor 1:25). A Man Sent by...
Pope Benedict XVI: Saint Alphonsus on Prayer
Yesterday, the Holy Father spoke of Saint Alphonsus Maria de’ Liguori, Doctor of the Church, and his simple, direct teachings on prayer for Everyman. Saint...
The Knowledge of the Glory of God
2 Corinthians 4:7-15 Psalm 125: 1-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 Matthew 20:20-28 Treasure in Earthen Vessels “We have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that...
Saint Romuld
Troparion of Saint Rumold Having come from the mists of green Ireland, to scatter the mists of impiety, thou didst evangelize, O Father Rumold, and...
Yesterday’s Antiphons
Yesterday, in the traditional calendar, was the Commemoration of Saint Paul, a way of giving the Doctor of the Gentiles equal honour with Saint Peter,...
Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
In a private audience yesterday with the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato, His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI...
God: a humble mercy, a merciful humility
For the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul Our monastic lectionary gives us, at the Office of Matins today, a splendid homily by the 12th...
Joy and Gladness Shall Be Thine
John the Baptist and the Immaculate Heart of Mary Today was the Vigil of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist: eight days after the...
Suscipe Me, Domine
March 21 The Transitus of Our Holy Father Saint Benedict My very dear Oblates, friends, and readers of Vultus Christi, tomorrow (21 March) we will...
And There He Was
One of my favourite poems for the feast of Saint Joseph: I am happy to share it with the readers of Vultus Christi. It is,...
Saint Barbara and Her Three Windows
Saints in Advent We celebrate the Holy Mysteries on December 4th in the company of two saints, both of them lights from the East: Saint...
Ipsius vultum mundo valeat ostendere
Showing Forth His Face In the Ordinary Form, the Collect for today’s memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo contains an extraordinary phrase. We beseech (quaesumus) the...
Come to me, who adore Thee
Saint Jude at the Mystical Supper The Gospel tells us that Simon was one of the twelve disciples whom Jesus called to Himself and named...
Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos
The Cheerful Ascetic A Redemptorist Missionary priest, Blessed Francis served in various places in the United States during the turbulent years of the Civil War....
A Vocation’s Unexpected Turns
Birth, Passion, Death Each year the Church gives us two feastdays of Saint John the Baptist: the first on June 24th to mark his nativity,...
Did anyone else notice this?
The Modification of a Collect A few days ago, on the feast of Saint Jean-Marie Vianney, the holy Curé of Ars, I preached on the...
Festa di San Marcellino, Sacerdote e Martire
June 2nd is the feast of Saint Marcellino, priest and martyr, the very one named in the Roman Canon. San Marcellino fills Piedimonte d’Alife with...