Category: Saints

Saint John Gualbert

Good for Evil and Blessings for Curses Good rendered for evil; blessings for curses; pardon, peace, concord, and reconciliation. A Collect for the Memorial of...

Saint Bede the Venerable

A Model for Monks Today is the feast of Saint Bede the Venerable, a model for all Benedictine monks by reason of his serene fidelity...

Evviva Santa Rita!

Visiting Saint Rita When I was a lad growing up in Fair Haven, I would occasionally venture beyond the boundaries of my immediate neighborhood and...

Holiness never goes out of fashion

Today is the feast of Pope Saint Peter Celestine, monk, Supreme Pontiff, and hermit. On 4 July 2010, in the context of the Year of...

Saint Athanasius

Here are some “jottings in the margin of the Missal” as Dom Marmion would call them: just a few random thoughts on the Propers of...