Mary Ann O’Driscoll, R.I.P.
“I couldn’t really explain it in words but Liberia made me feel so close to God. My first time on the mission was so difficult;...
Saint Joseph’s Young Priests Society
Saturday of the Third Week of Lent 14 March 2015 Saint Joseph’s Young Priests Society I was invited to address yesterday the Dublin Congress of...
The Bridegroom is the Lord
Image from the Codex Purpureus Rossanensis Into the Open Arms of God With the Ascension, the Son of God brought to the Father our humanity...
Raised up by the abasement of the Son
Painting by Ottavio Mazzonis: Gesù cade per la terza volta Deus, qui in Filii tui humilitate iacéntem mundum erexísti: fidelibus tuis perpétuam concéde lætítiam; ut,...
Led forth in hope
Friday of Pascha The Lord led forth his people in hope, alleluia: and the sea overwhelmed their enemies, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia (Ps 77: 53). The...
Father Zuhlsdorf gets it right
Painting by Simeon Solomon Father Zuhlsdorf has a brilliant essay on the humble and the sublime in the sacred liturgy. I am thinking about the...
FOR THE ELECTION OF THE ROMAN PONTIFF
Our monastery has prepared a Litany for the Election of the Roman Pontiff. We have begun praying it after Compline. You will find the link...
Into the Water with Naaman
Water We hear in today’s Lesson how Naaman the Syrian was cleansed of leprosy in the River Jordan. Naaman descended into the very water that...
Seeing Love in the Darkness
The ‘very beautiful’ of the sixth day–expressed by the creator–is always challenged in this world by evil, suffering, and corruption. It almost seems that evil...
The Supreme Rule of the Council
Our Benedictine Pope In his address to the clergy of Rome last Thursday (14 February 2012), the Holy Father revealed something of his own profoundly...
Invenit eum in terra deserta
Christ Among the Wild Beasts by Moretto da Brescia (1498-1554) There are souls who, if they are to be seen by God and heard by...
The Face of the Church
Homily of His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, Ash Wednesday, 13 February 2013 Venerable Brothers, Dear Brothers and Sisters! Around the Tomb of the Apostle Peter...
The IEC: A Disappointment
Reviews of the 50th International Eucharistic Congress held in Dublin last week are rolling in. The overwhelming impression is one of disappointment with the IEC...
Update: Mass Schedule at the Monastery
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Mass at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday Mass at 8:15 a.m. ...
Times of Holy Mass
Dear friends, On Friday, 6 January 2012, Feast of the Epiphany, Holy Mass at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle will be at...
Daily Mass Time to Change
Beginning Wednesday, 14 December 2011, our daily weekday Mass (Monday through Saturday) will be at 8:15 a.m., immediately following Lauds. Our Sunday Mass will continue...
Only God Himself, His Word and His Signs
I do not have time to write my reflections on this address of the Holy Father. My prayer is that Catholics the world over will...
Should diocesan priests live in community?
“I believe that celibacy becomes a very meaningful sign, and above all becomes possible to live, when priests begin to form communities. It is important...
Irish Litany to the Mother of God
(Translated from the Irish of the Eighth Century.) O GREAT MARY, Mary, greatest of Marys, Most great of women, Queen of the angels, Mistress of...
A Eucharistic Intercession
This prayer may be a suitable intercession for souls in need of a deeper experience of Our Lord’s real presence in the Sacrament of His...