Canonized Twelve Years Ago: A Patron of Parish Priests
Saint Gaetano Catanoso Gaetano Catanoso was born on 14 February 1879 in Chorio di San Lorenzo, Reggio Calabria, Italy. His parents, prosperous landowners, were exemplary...
Apostle of the Holy Face of Jesus: St Gaetano Catanoso
The liturgical memorial of Saint Gaetano Catanoso occurs on September 20th. Pope Benedict XVI canonized him on October 23, 2005. In the homily of the...
Pope Benedict XVI on Saint Tarcisius, Martyr
In our proper Benedictine calendar, today is the feast of Saint Tarcisius, martyr of the Most Holy Eucharist. Pope Benedict XVI spoke of Saint Tarcisius...
An Irish Priest for Priests
August 16th, 1917: The Anniversary of Father William Doyle, S.J. When Father Willie Doyle entered my life, something happened. It was the beginning of one...
Saint Dominic and the Triumph of Grace
The Mercy of God Today is the feast of Saint Dominic. We are delighted to have sons of Saint Dominic (English and Irish Provinces) among...
The Knowledge of the Glory of God
Treasure in Earthen Vessels “We have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us” (2...
My Mercy is honoured in thy infirmity
“Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples, ‘I have seen the Lord’; and she told them that He had said these things to her.”...
Novena to Saint Rita of Cascia
The saints befriend those whom God entrusts to them. Often the saints introduce themselves into one’s life by means of a reference in conversation, the...
Saint Henry
Patron of Benedictine Oblates Benedictine Oblates living and working in the world have two holy patrons: Saint Francesca of Rome whom we celebrated in March,...
Evviva Sant’Antonio!
Six years ago at this time I was in my beloved ancestral town of Piedimonte–Matese for the procession of the relics of Sant’Antonio. This is...
Bernadette
Her Feast Today, February 18th, is the feast of Saint Bernadette. I have long cherished the Collect for her feast: O God, protector and friend...
A Remarkable Discovery
A Letter Attributed to Saint Scholastica, Virgin and Abbess A certain researcher in Rome recently uncovered the manuscript of a late medieval copy of an...
Ad aeterna tabernacula festinare
The Cross, the Passion, and the Most Holy Eucharist Today’s Saint Silvester Guzzolini (1177-1267), founder of the so-called Blue Benedictines (from the colour of their...
How the Night-Office is to be said on Saints’ Days (XIV)
CHAPTER XIV. How the Night-Office is to be said on Saints’ Days 17 Feb. 18 June. 18 Oct. On the Festivals of Saints, and all...
Harm, havoc, and one saint’s response
For the feast of Saint Teresa of Jesus: There came to my notice the harm and havoc that were being wrought in France by these...
Supplica to Saint Bernard Tolomei
Saint Bernard Tolomei is commemorated in the radiance of the Assumption of Our Lady and close to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, either on August 19th...
Sent to sustain and console others (LXIV:1)
CHAPTER LXIV. Of the Appointment of the Abbot 20 Apr. 20 Aug. 20 Dec. In the appointing of an Abbot, let this principle always be...
Pope Benedict on Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Faith is above all a personal, intimate encounter with Jesus, and to experience his closeness, his friendship, his love; only in this way does one...
Solace for the Sizzling
On the Gridiron Saint Laurence is the patron saint of those who have sizzled (or may be sizzling) on the gridiron of lust. I have...
Pope Benedict XVI quotes Saint Teresa Benedicta
It is moving to re–read, on this feast of Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Pope Benedict XVI’s words concerning adoration of the Most Holy...