“God so greatly enlarged the soul of his servant”
The painting depicts New Amsterdam (Manhattan) circa 1668. David and Mary Ann went on pilgrimage last week to the Shrine of the North American Martyrs...
Auguri, Sissi!
Another joy today! My cousin Carlo de Lellis and Nora, his wife, called from Sepicciano (Piedimonte Matese, Provincia di Caserta) to inform me that their...
Blessed Encounters
I had two encounters today that made me very happy. The first took place after Mass. I was in the sacristy removing my vestments when...
19 October, Mass of Saints John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, and Companions, Martyrs
“My confidence is placed in God who does not need our help for accomplishing his designs. Our single endeavor should be to give ourselves to...
Saint Luke: A Gospel of Icons
OCTOBER 18 SAINT LUKE, EVANGELIST 2 Timothy 4: 10-17a Psalm 144: 10-11, 12-13ab, 17-18 (R: cf. 12) Luke 10:1-9 The Evangelist Saint Luke comes to...
The Rosary: A Lukan Prayer
I have always thought of the Rosary as a particularly Lukan prayer. So many of the mysteries are drawn from Saint Luke’s Gospel. It is...
18 October, Mass of Saint Luke the Evangelist
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON MR How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who publishes peace, who announces good, who preaches salvation (Is 52:7). COLLECT...
Buona festa, Don Luca!
Padre Luca Maria Zecchetti, O.Cist. celebrates his onomastico today. Don Luca, a native of Milano, is the prior of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme. He possesses...
Frumentum Christi Sum
Frumentum Christi sum, dentibus bestiarum molar, ut panis mundus inveniar. I actually sang part of my homily this morning. Yes, I did. I couldn’t help...
Strong Like David With His Sling
The power of the Rosary is utterly disproportionate to its simplicity. There is no grace that cannot be obtained, no Goliath that cannot be defeated,...
17 October, Mass of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr
I feel now that I am beginning to be Christ’s disciple; I desire none of those things which are seen, if so be I may...
The Rosary, Liberation, and New Beginnings
The approach of the liturgical memorial of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque confirms me in my belief that the humble repetition of the Rosary very effectively...
16 October, Mass of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin
“Behold this Heart, which, not withstanding the burning love for man with which it is consumed and exhausted, meets with no other return from the...
An Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
In honour of Saint Margaret Mary whose liturgical memorial occurs on October 16th, I want to offer this Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart...
Impossible to Conceive of Life Without the Rosary
It is impossible to conceive of our life, of the life of the Church, without the rosary, the Marian feasts, the Marian shrines, and the...
The Mass: The Appearance on Earth of the Eternal
From The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann (+1983): “Wednesday, October 3, 1979 The Pope of Rome is in New York. We watched him on television...
Sub tuum praesidium confugimus
We take refuge under Thy protection, O holy Mother of God! Despise not our supplications in our need, but deliver us always from all dangers,...
14 October, Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pillar of Faith
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Pillar of Faith, is celebrated in Spain and in other places on October 12th. It seemed fitting to celebrate on the...
Dignum et iustum est
Terry Nelson at Abbey–Roads, Father Zuhlsdorf at WDPRS, and Father Jim Tucker at Dappled Things discuss with serenity and good sense current speculation on unimpeded...
Dextrae Dei Digitus
FRIDAY OF THE TWENTY–SEVENTH WEEK OF THE YEAR II Galatians 3:7–14 Psalm 110:1–2, 3–4, 5–6 (R. 5b) Luke 11:15–26 The Finger of God “If it...