Ta Face est ma seule patrie
If you haven’t read Donald Jacob Uitvlugt’s article, The Holy Face in the Spirituality of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, today is the perfect day to...
The Holy Mass is the Work of God
Painting: Saint Jean-Marie Viannney and Saint Peter Julian Eymard The Preacher Belongs to the Word The Word does not belong to the preacher; the preacher...
For the Mass of Saint Sharbel
Collect O God who called your priest, Saint Sharbel to the singular combat of the desert and imbued him with every manner of piety, grant...
Saint Sharbel Maklhouf, Priest
Ex Oriente Lux Saint Sharbel of Lebanon is one of those in whom the Holy Spirit fashioned a heart of flesh, a heart exquisitely sensitive...
Let Nothing Affright Thee
This medieval image is not directly related to today’s reflection on the lesson from the Book of Exodus read at Mass. It depicts Saint Birgitta...
Saint Birgitta of Sweden
Entrance Antiphon Let us all rejoice in the Lord, as we celebrate a festival in honour of Saint Birgitta, at whose solemnity the angels rejoice...
Nothing Happens Without Your Permitting It
Yesterday I returned from preaching a retreat to the Bridgettine Sisters (Order of the Most Holy Saviour) at the Convent of Saint Birgitta, Vikingsborg, in...
Saint John Gualbert, Abbot
Good for Evil and Blessings for Curses Good rendered for evil; blessings for curses; pardon, peace, concord, and reconciliation. The Collect for the Memorial of...
Saints John and Paul, Martyrs of Rome
Guercino did this drawing of the martyrdom of Saints John and Paul in 1630-32. He used a pen and brown ink, a brush and brown...
Saints John Fisher and Thomas More
The icon of Saint Thomas More is by the graced hand of Brother Claude Lane, O.S.B., monk of Mount Angel Abbey. O God, who didst...
Saint Romuald
I celebrated the 6:30 Mass in the Basilica’s Cappella di San Gregorio this evening. There was the usual assortment of pie donne and folks on...
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...
Blessed Marie–Joseph Cassant
Where His Treasure Was, There Was His Heart Although it falls on a Sunday this year, for Cistercians and Trappists, June 17th will mark the...
Lilies and Bread
Together with two good friends I went on a little pilgrimage this morning to the Basilica of Sant’Antonio on the Via Merulana. The church was...
Blessed Anna Maria Taigi, Wife and Mother
Let Thy gracious favour, we beseech Thee, O Lord, sustain Thy faithful, that those whom Thou hast instructed by the example of the virtues of...
In memoria aeterna erit justus
Father Ragheed Ganni Chaldean Rite Catholic Priest Diocese of Mosul, Iraq Lord, we pray Thee grant that the soul of the priest Thy servant Ragheed...
Words of Father Ragheed, Priest and Martyr
Father Ragheed Gannis, 34 years old, was killed by gunfire after having celebrating Holy Mass on Sunday in the Church of the Holy Spirit in...
The Irish College’s New Martyr — In Iraq
Given the importance of this article, I clipped it directly from AsiaNews to post it here. Father Ragheed studied at the Irish College here in...
Saints Marcellinus and Peter
Birthday Today, June 2nd, is my 55th birthday! When I went downstairs for collazione this morning, I discovered that Fra Bernardo Maria had baked a...