14 November, Requiem Mass for All the Departed Who Did Battle Under the Rule of Saint Benedict
It is a cherished monastic tradition to pray for the dead. Cistercians, in particular, have the custom of praying an entire Psalter (all 150 Psalms)...
Salvete, Cedri Libani
November 13 All Saints Who Militated under the Rule of Saint Benedict Isaiah 61:9–11 Psalm 102: 1–2, 3–4, 8–9, 13–14, 17–18a (R. 1a) John 15:1–8...
13 November, All Benedictine Saints
Today we celebrated the feast of All Saints Who Militated Under the Rule of Saint Benedict. One might also translate the name of the feast...
He Comes To Us Wrapped in the Humblest of Cloaks
November 11 Feast of Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop Isaiah 61:1-3abcd Psalm 88:2-3, 4-5, 21-22, 25, 27 Matthew 25: 31-40 Today’s gospel, focusing on judgment...
Ave, Verum Corpus!
I do love this painting of Saint Martin’s Mass. It is the work of an unknown Hungarian master and dates from 1490. Saint Martin’s acolyte,...
11 November, Martinmas
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON MR I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to my heart and my soul, says the Lord...
Sacred Signs
Saint Leo is a model of holiness for all of us. While all are not called to preach, and very few indeed are chosen to...
10 November, Mass of Saint Leo the Great, Pope
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON MR The Lord made to him a covenant of peace to be the prince of his people that the dignity of priesthood should...
Twenty Years and Twenty Mysteries
On November 16th, I will celebrate the 20th anniversary of my ordination to the holy priesthood. I was ordained on the feast of Saint Gertrude...
Terribilis Est Locus Iste
November 9 The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Today’s festival invites us, in some way, to cross the threshold of the Lateran Basilica and enter...
At Home in Rome
Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12 Ps 45: 2-3, 5-6, 8-9 1 Corinthians 3: 9c-11, 16-17 John 2:13-22 God Is In Her...
9 November, Mass of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON MR I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her...
God At Work Within
NOVEMBER 8 BLESSED ELIZABETH OF THE TRINITY, VIRGIN Wednesday of the Thirty–First Week of the Year II Philippians 2:12–18 Psalm 26:1, 4, 13–14 (R. 2a)...
8 November, Mass of Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, Virgin
At the end of the homily today I prayed Blessed Elizabeth’s prayer; her text has a way of establishing the soul in silence. After Mass...
Laus Meus in Ecclesia Magna
TUESDAY OF THE THIRTY–FIRST WEEK OF THE YEAR II Philippians 2:5-11 Psalm 21: 26b-27, 28-30a, 31-32 (R. v. 26a) Luke 14:15-24 Christ Obedient Unto Death...
7 November, Mass of Saint Willibrord, Bishop
I remember today Sister Marie–Willibrorda, O.S.B. of the Monastère Saint–Joseph in France and my friends, the Poor Clare nuns of Eindhoven in the Netherlands. ENTRANCE...
A Holy Baptism
Yesterday I had the joy of baptizing Michael Mario Guidone, son of Michael and Kerry Guidone, Oblates of the Benedictine Monastery of the Glorious Cross...
4 November, Mass of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop
The Collect for today’s memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo contains an extraordinary phrase. We ask that the Church, being ceaselessly renewed, and thus conformed to...
A Passion for Holiness
Laus Crucis introduces us to yet another holy young Passionist: Blessed Pio (Campidelli) of Saint Aloysius. In many ways, Blessed Pio reminds me of Blessed...
3 November, Mass of Saint Martin de Porres, Religious
The medallion of Saint Martin de Porres is the work of the Dominican priest and sculptor, Father Thomas McGlynn (1906–1977). Father McGlynn’s strong images of...