Zeal Begins Its Life in Silent Thought and Fear
A Tale of Two Cardinals Before writing about Saint Peter Damian whose feast we are keeping today, I want to acknowledge the birthday of the...
Blessed Abbot Marmion on the Mercy of God
Today, January 30th, is the eighty-sixth anniversary of the death of Blessed Columba Marmion. Dom Marmion’s liturgical memorial is observed, not on his anniversary of...
The Holy Abbots Robert, Alberic, and Stephen
Happy Onomastico to novice Brother Stephen of the Abbey of Our Lady of Spring Bank! Be sure to visit him at Sub Tuum today! Collect...
A Grand Monastic Feast
Pioneers of A Fresh Start For Cistercians and Benedictines, January 26th is the feast of the Holy Abbots of Cîteaux, Robert, Alberic, and Stephen. They...
An Act of Love
My confessor said something to me today that reminded me of a prayer that impressed me back in the days of my monastic youth, and...