An Occasion of Grace for Priests

Called to a Vocation of Holiness “I would remind thee to fan the flame of that special grace which God kindled in thee when my...

Vultus Christi: The Face of God

That Mysterious Face This morning the Holy Father announced an exposition of the Sacred Shroud of Turn in the Spring of 2010. The Shroud will...

Saints Marcellinus and Peter

O God, Who by the glorious confession of the holy martyrs Marcellinus and Peter, dost surround and protect us, grant that we may go forward...

How Great the Mystery of Your Love

This image of the Sacred Heart is a detail of the painting in the apse of the Chapel of the Visitation at Paray-le-Monial. I had...

Let Restless Hearts Find Rest in You

The Father’s love was shown to us In Christ our Saviour’s open Heart; Now we are drawn to share his Cross And in his Passion...

The Amen For Which He Waits

Remember all the desert way through which the Lord your God has brought you: forty years of willful wandering. Remember the affliction and the testing....

Evviva Santa Rita!

In those places where Corpus Christi will be celebrated on Sunday, May 25th, tomorrow, Thursday, May 22nd, may be kept as the feast of Saint...

A Saint on Pilgrimage

Notre-Dame-du-Laus Yesterday I read an account of Saint Peter Julian Eymard’s pilgrimage to the shrine of Notre Dame du Laus (pronounced Loh) in 1865. The...

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

Cascades of Jubilation The Office of Lauds this morning was a torrent of undiluted praise. The Church gives us doxology upon doxology. She expresses her...

Timor Domini

Saturday: The Gift of Fear of the Lord The Gift of Fear of the Lord is the antidote to pride and the beginning of the...

Pietas

Friday: The Gift of Piety Pietas is a word wonderfully rich in meaning and full of nuances. It is notoriously difficult to translate. In the...

Scientia

Thursday: The Gift of Knowledge “How deep is the mine of God’s wisdom, of his knowledge; how inscrutable are his judgments, how undiscoverable his ways!...

Father Damien, A Priest Adorer

I find my consolation in the one and only companion who will never leave me, that is, our Divine Saviour in the Holy Eucharist. ....

La Madonna di Pompei

The Supplica May 8th is the Feast of Our Lady of Pompei. In Italy and in places all over the globe the feast will be...

Trentotto anni di messa!

For The Reverend Monsignor Arthur B. Calkins on the 38th Anniversary of His Ordination to the Holy Priesthood: The Holy Spirit will honour Mary and,...