Tell Me Where You Were
Abba Joseph related that Abba Isaac said, ‘I was sitting with Abba Poemen one day and I saw him in ecstasy and I was on...
Grant Us Breathing Space
Monday of Holy Week Today’s Collect is, without any doubt, one of the most poignant of the whole liturgical year. Here it is in the...
Spes Mea
Monday of Holy Week Isaiah 42:1-7 Psalm 26:1, 2, 3, 13-14 (R. v. 1a) John12:1-11 But After I Shall Be Risen The bright eighth mode...
The Most Precious Blood
One cannot enter into Holy Week without contemplating the adorable mystery of the Precious Blood. I am completely smitten by Bernini’s little known depiction of...
Solemnity of Saint Joseph
General Intercessions That the Holy Catholic Church, entrusted to the protection of Saint Joseph, may continue to bear witness to the sanctity of human life...
The Virgin of the Passion
Commemoration of the Compassion of the Blessed Virgin Mary Did you know that tomorrow, Friday in the Fifth Week of Lent (Passiontide), is the Commemoration...
Behold, You Are Invited
Readers of Vultus Christi who are not familiar with the Chaldean Catholic Church may want to look at the website of Saint Peter the Apostle...
“They Have Killed Our Shepherd”
At the end of Holy Mass today at the Monastery of the Glorious, we sang the antiphons In Paradisum and Chorus Angelorum for the repose...
And Healing to the Wounded Grant
Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent Numbers 21: 4–9 Psalm 101: 1–2, 5–17, 18–20 (R. 1) John 8: 21–30 The Serpent and the Cross...
When Priests Find A Bethany
I thank my friend Lisa for her wise and compassionate words to Sotto Voce, the Irish priest so many of us are carrying in prayer....
Singing the Mystery of the Cross
My doctoral dissertation — it seems so long ago — focused on the Proper Chants of the Paschal Triduum in the Graduale Romanum. The chants...
Lazare, veni foras!
Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent John 11:1-45 Caravaggio’s Resurrection of Lazarus depicts a dead man stunned by his sudden return to life. The...
An Hour of Companionship
When Fulton J. Sheen was ordained a priest, he promised Our Lord to make a Holy Hour daily before the Blessed Sacrament. He remained faithful...
Seeking Solace
The reflections of an Irish Catholic priest on his experience of loneliness moved me deeply, and confirmed me in own calling to adore and intercede...
Fulget Crucis Mysterium
Our Lady Saint Mary, Saint John the Beloved Disciple, and the Wounded Side of Christ With First Vespers of the Fifth Sunday of Lent we...
Cum Amore Ac Timore — With Love and Awe
This is the article by Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Karaganda in Kazakhstan that attracted considerable attention when it appeared in L’Osservatore Romano, 8 January...
Irish Catholic Kvetch
Saint Patrick’s Day Secularized I wanted to buy a few cards for Saint Patrick’s Day to send to family and friends both in Ireland and...
I Will Not Be Forgetful of Thee
Wednesday Within the Fourth Week of Lent Isaiah 49:8-15 John 5:17-30 An Inward Quickening In every single line of today’s prophecy from Isaiah, there is...
And Many Have Wondered at Him
February 27 is also the feast of the young Passionist Saint Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin, known in the world as Francesco Possenti. He is...
Close to the Heart of Jesus
Blessed Marie de Jésus Deluil Martiny was the “First Zelatrice”, or promoter, of the Guard of Honour of the Sacred Heart. The Work was founded...