Ut sit et fortes quod cupiant et infirmi non refugiant (LXIV:1)
Let him so temper all things, that the strong may have something to strive after, and the weak nothing at which to take alarm. (Chapter...
Neurosis, Mental Suffering . . . and Grace
Caryll Houselander (1901 – 1954) writes out of her own experience, and gets it right. Miss Houselander refers to the childhood experiences of Saint Stanislaus...
Cum sanctis tuis (XIV)
CHAPTER XIV. How the Night-Office is to Be Said on Saints’ Days17 Feb. 18 June. 18 Oct. On the Festivals of Saints, and all other...
Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo
Doctor of the Virginity of Mary Today is the feast of Saint Ildephonsus, Archbishop of Toledo (+ 23 January 667). Dom Guéranger calls him the...
Saint Antony of the Desert, Father of Monks
Saint Antony and Signor Siciliano Isn’t this a wonderful painting of Saint Antony? Flemish Jan Gossaert painted it in Rome in 1508 as the right...