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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...