Memorial of Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin and Martyr
Collect God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who led your martyr Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross to the knowledge of your crucified...
To Be A Child of God
Whatever did not fit in with my plan did lie within the plan of God. I have an ever deeper and firmer belief that nothing...
Saint Dominic
Eighteenth Wednesday of the Year I Numbers 13:1-2, 25–14:1, 26a-29a, 34-35 Psalm 105: 6-7ab, 13-14, 21-22, 23 (R. 4a) Matthew 15:21-28 The Mercy of God...
Moses Was Very Meek
Tuesday of the Eighteenth Week of the Year I Numbers 12:1-13 Psalm 50:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5, 10-11 Mt 14:22-36 Miriam and Aaron Together with Moses, Miriam...
Ta Face est ma seule patrie
If you haven’t read Donald Jacob Uitvlugt’s article, The Holy Face in the Spirituality of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, today is the perfect day to...
The Holy Mass is the Work of God
Painting: Saint Jean-Marie Viannney and Saint Peter Julian Eymard The Preacher Belongs to the Word The Word does not belong to the preacher; the preacher...
Idolators or Adorers?
Monday of the Seventeenth Week of the Year I Exodus 32:15-34 Matthew 13:31-35 Idolatry Sins of idolatry and faithlessness are not as remote from us...
The Madonna of the Precious Blood
It was fitting on this last Saturday of July to remember the Madonna of the Most Precious Blood. The First Lesson at Mass (Exodus 24:3-8)...
The Blood of the New and Eternal Covenant
Saturday of the Sixteenth Week of the Year I Exodus 24:3-8 A Mystic Outline of the Mass We see in today’s lesson from the Book...
I Consider Myself Yours, O Mother of Perpetual Help
I was happy to discover that today’s “Moment with Mary” was a text of Blessed Charles of Jesus on Our Mother of Perpetual Help. (If...
Behold the Sower Went Forth to Sow
Friday of the Sixteenth Week of the Year I Exodus 20:1-17 Psalm 18:8, 9, 10, 11 Matthew 13:18-23 The Law Through Moses In today’s lesson...
Reparation to the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus
O Lord Jesus Christ present in this wonderful sacrament, I desire at this hour to make reparation to Thy Eucharistic Heart and to open myself...
The Wonder of the Face of Christ
From Zenit, July 26, 2007 Archbishop Angelo Amato invited readers to delve into Benedict XVI’s “Jesus of Nazareth,” and there discover the wonder of the...
Overflowing Thanksgiving
Ireland Reflecting on my recent pilgrimage to the Shrine of our Lady of Knock in County Mayo, Ireland, I understand that the grace given me...
For the Mass of Saint Sharbel
Collect O God who called your priest, Saint Sharbel to the singular combat of the desert and imbued him with every manner of piety, grant...
Saint Sharbel Maklhouf, Priest
Ex Oriente Lux Saint Sharbel of Lebanon is one of those in whom the Holy Spirit fashioned a heart of flesh, a heart exquisitely sensitive...
A New Priest of the Pierced Heart of Christ
. . . Having completed His sacrifice, and giving up His spirit, the side of Christ is pierced and out flowed blood and water. It...
Let Nothing Affright Thee
This medieval image is not directly related to today’s reflection on the lesson from the Book of Exodus read at Mass. It depicts Saint Birgitta...
Saint Birgitta of Sweden
Entrance Antiphon Let us all rejoice in the Lord, as we celebrate a festival in honour of Saint Birgitta, at whose solemnity the angels rejoice...
Nothing Happens Without Your Permitting It
Yesterday I returned from preaching a retreat to the Bridgettine Sisters (Order of the Most Holy Saviour) at the Convent of Saint Birgitta, Vikingsborg, in...