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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...