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...
Requiem
NOVEMBER 2 ALL SOULS DAY Isaiah 25:6, 7-9 2 Corinthians 5:1, 6-10 Luke 23: 44-46, 52-53; 24:1-6a Perpetual Light The Church’s prayer for the dead...
2 November, All Souls Day
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON GR Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let the radiance of your light shine forever upon them (cf. 2 Es 2:35)....
Carlo Carretto on the Rosary
“It was in the desert that I came to realize that those who debate the rosary have not understood the soul of this prayer. The...
If Today You Hear Her Voice, Harden Not Your Hearts
“There is nothing that I will not do for sinners.” The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Queen of All Saints is also the Mother of Mercy...
From My Archives: The Food of All Saints
I preached this homily two years ago in 2004 for All Saints Day during the Year of the Eucharist. I would want to say the...
1 November, All Saints Day or All Hallowmas
I have fond memories of sitting in my parish church as a lad and reading the commentary on the liturgy of All Saints Day by...