Quaesivi Vultum Tuum
Seventh Sunday of Paschaltide Sunday of the Holy Face of Christ The Most Holy Face of Christ is celebrated on various days of the liturgical...
The Pentecost Novena
We began the Solemn Pentecost Novena this morning at the Monastery of the Glorious Cross by singing the Veni, Creator Spiritus at the end of...
And Tasting of His Roseate Blood
Saint Catherine of Siena Virgin and Doctor of the Church The Precious Blood The image — and the adorable mystery — of the Precious Blood...
Saint George and the Dragon
Venerated in East and West April 23rd is the feast of Saint George the Martyr. In the reformed Roman Missal he is honoured with an...
See that God Has Shown Us His Face
Last Thursday, 18 April 2008, Pope Benedict XVI spoke at the Ecumenical Prayer Service held in Saint Joseph’s Church in New York City. Tomorrow the...
Turn to Jesus
With my morning coffee: reflections on the homily given by the Holy Father yesterday in Yankee Stadium. The subtitles and comments in italics are my...
Holy Father to Young People
What an extraordinary discourse this is! After sharing his the experience of his own youth marked by conflict and suffering, the Holy Father presented the...
This Beautiful Celebration
The Holy Father’s celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral this morning was, in every way, a moment of grace...
Aures habent et non audient
What is Useless “A Church which only makes use of ‘utility music’ has fallen for what is, in fact, useless. She too becomes ineffectual. For...
Practice of Penance and Growth in Holiness
A recurring motif in the Holy Father’s words to us is the call to repentance. Hope without repentance is a false hope. Repentance is the...
Immersing Ourselves in Prayer
Last evening, in speaking to the bishops of the Church in the United States, the Holy Father called “the imitation of Christ in holiness of...
Welcome, Most Holy Father!
“Did it never occur to you that we call the Pope Holy Father because we think of him as our father? That the unity of...
2008 World Day of Prayer for Priests
Solemnity of the Sacred Heart Friday, May 30, 2008, the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, will be the Seventh Annual World Day of...
Paenitentiam Ad Vitam
The Benedictine abbot in the photo, an Irishman, is Blessed Columba Marmion (1858-1923). Upon the recommendation of a Trappist Father, I started reading Abbot Marmion...
Living the “Totus Tuus”
Totus tuus ego sum et omnia mea Tua sunt. Accipio te in mea omnia. Praebe mihi cor Tuum, Maria. I am all thine, and all...
Father Schmemann on Masses in Yankee Stadium
When I first read The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann, 1973-1983, about eight years ago, I was struck by Father Schmemann’s commentary on the Masses...
Verba vitae aeternae habes
Third Saturday of Paschaltide Acts 9:31-42 John 6:60-69 Paschaltide With Mary There is a particular grace attached to the celebration of these Saturdays of the...
Immolated on the Altar
Third Friday of Paschaltide Memorial of Saint Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr Acts 9:1-20 John 6:52-59 Saint Stanislaus We celebrate today the feast of Saint Stanislaus,...
Visits
This is the image of Saint Tarcisius that I brought back with from the catacombs of San Sebastiano in Rome. Back in the 1950s and...
Keeping Company With Mary
Another Joseph Reading the Martyrology this morning I discovered that today is the dies natalis of Saint Hermann Joseph, one of my cherished heavenly friends...