Saint Joseph and Avoiding Rash Judgement (LXX)
Chapter 70: That no one presume to strike another CHAPTER LXX. That no one presume to strike another 28 Apr. 28 Aug. 28 Dec. Let...
2026 Anniversaries
As we did last year, we once again offer you some significant dates related to saints and holy persons. This post follows upon a two...
My Cough Is My Cross, What’s Yours?
Saint Martin Today is the liturgical feast of the great Saint Martin who was buried today in AD 397. Our Father Saint Benedict honoured him...
90th Anniversary of Abbot Celestino Maria Columbo
In addition to today being the feasts of Our Lady of Ransom and Our Lady of Walsingham (whose statue is in our refectory), today is...
What Kind of Man Ought the Cellarer of the Monastery to be? (RSB XXXI:1)
CHAPTER XXXI. What kind of man ought the cellarer of the monastery is to be? 8 Mar. 8 July. 7 Nov. The cellarer of the...
100th Anniversary of the Canonisation of Saint Thérèse
Today is the 100th anniversary of the Canonisation of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus of the Holy Face.1 The following is an eyewitness account...
St. Joseph and the Benedictines of Perpetual Adoration
O Felicem Virum! “O Happy and Blessed Man,” so begins an antiphon in honor of St. Joseph. “To thee was granted not only to...
The Name by Which We Are Saved
Homily for 5 January 2025 Most Holy Name of Jesus Non est in alio aliquo salus, nec enim aliud nomen est sub caelo datum hominibus,...
Peter Gerard Joseph Hartnett, Intercessor for Priests
We Are Surrounded by So Great a Cloud of Witnesses The month of November out of all the months of the year reminds us the...
The Living Icons in the Holy Rule of Saint Benedict
Christo Omnino Nihil Praeponant: To Prefer Nothing to Christ Each Person is an Image of Christ Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is...
Padre Pio Priest and Victim
Monsignor Arthur Calkins (1945-2024), Marian scholar par excellence and a dear friend of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle passed away unexpectedly earlier this...
Mary and the Light of the First Day
Light like a Nebula The creation of light on the first day, three days before the creation of the sun, exerts a certain fascination upon...
Where he is to meditate and study (LVIII:5)
CHAPTER LVIII. Of the Discipline of receiving Brethren into Religion 11 Apr. 11 Aug. 11 Dec. To him that newly cometh to change his life,...
When brethren dwell united (LXX)
CHAPTER LXX. That no one presume to strike another28 Apr. 28 Aug. 28 Dec. Let every occasion of presumption be banished from the Monastery. We...
Et infirma mundi elegit Deus (XXVII)
CHAPTER XXVII. How Solicitous the Abbot Should Be of the Excommunicate 4 Mar. 4 July. 3 Nov. Let the Abbot exercise all diligence in his...
Fiat mihi secundum Verbum tuum
Homily Pronounced at the Funeral Mass of Mother Jeanne-Françoise de l’Assomption, née Jeanne–Marie Eugénie Fournier, of the Congregation of the Benedictines of Jesus Crucified on...
Benedict XVI on the Most Precious Blood
On 5 July 2009, after praying the Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of the Precious Blood of Christ. “He that hath an ear, let him...
And then your hearts will be glad
Homily, Second Day of Retreat to Priests of the Diocese of Galway Knock Shrine, Co Mayo Tuesday, 9 May 2017 The Collect of the Mass...
Castitatem amare
It is fitting on this feast of Saint Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr, to offer some random thoughts on chastity, the joyful virtue. Chastity leads...
Venite, adoremus
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