A school of the Lord’s service (Prologue 7)
7 Jan. 8 May. 7 Sept. We have, therefore, to establish a school of the Lord’s service, in the setting forth of which we hope...
By the help of His grace (Prologue 6)
6 Jan. 7 May. 6 Sept. Since then, brethren, we have asked of the Lord who is to inhabit His temple, we have heard His...
The Lord who waits for us daily (Prologue 5)
5 Jan. 6 May. 5 Sept.
Hence also the Lord saith in the Gospel: “He that heareth these words of Mine, and doeth them, is...
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton: A Eucharistic Saint
January 4 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Widow and Religious William Magee Seton gave this lithograph of Christ the Redeemer to his beloved wife, Elizabeth Ann...
Who is the man that will have life? (Prologue 3)
3 Jan. 4 May. 3 Sept. And the Lord, seeking His own workman in the multitude of the people to whom He thus crieth out,...
Exsurgamus ergo (Prologue 2)
2 Jan. 3 May. 2 Sept. Let us then at length arise, since the Scripture stirreth us up, saying: It is time now for us...
Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising? (Prologue 1)
PROLOGUE OF OUR MOST HOLY FATHER SAINT BENEDICT TO HIS RULE1 Jan. 2 May. 1 Sept Hearken, O my son, to the precepts of thy...
And the Lord went before them (LXXIII)
CHAPTER LXXIII. That the whole observance of Perfection is not set down in this Rule May. 31 Aug. 31 Dec. We have written this Rule,...
To count every passing day (LXXII)
CHAPTER LXXII. Of the good zeal which Monks ought to have30 Apr. 30 Aug. 30 Dec. As there is an evil zeal of bitterness, which...
When brethren dwell united (LXX)
CHAPTER LXX. That no one presume to strike another28 Apr. 28 Aug. 28 Dec. Let every occasion of presumption be banished from the Monastery. We...
Ubi caritas et amor (LXIX)
CHAPTER LXIX. That no one presume to defend another in the Monastery 27 Apr. 27 Aug. 27 Dec. Care must be taken that on no...
Confidens de adiutorio Dei (LXVIII)
CHAPTER LXVIII. If a Brother be commanded to do Impossibilities26 Apr. 26 Aug. 26 Dec. If on any brother there be laid commands that are...
Christmasstide Schedule
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Of the Order of the Community (LXIII)
CHAPTER LXIII. Of the Order of the Community 18 Apr. 18 Aug. 18 Dec. Let everyone keep that place in the Monastery, which the time...
Dies Natalis of Father Lukas Etlin, O.S.B.
A Friend in Heaven December 16th, is the dies natalis (heavenly birthday) of the Servant of God, Father Lukas Etlin, O.S.B., a monk of Conception...
Let not your heart be disturbed
Let nothing frighten or grieve you, let not your heart be disturbed, do not fear any sickness or anguish. Am I not here, who am...
Loreto: A Place and a Grace
Pope Benedict XVI preached at Loreto on 4 October 2012. On this feast of the Holy House of the Incarnation, Pope Benedict’s words invite us...
The Mother, the Child, and the Serpent
The New Adam Caravaggio’s Madonna dei Palafrenieri, first exhibited in Saint Peter’s Basilica in 1606, is wonderfully disturbing. While Grandmother Saint Anne looks on, the...
Gaudens gaudebo in Domino
A Meditation on the Mass of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary [Originally posted in 2006] Look at this extraordinary medieval painting that...
Praying in the rain at Lourdes
A Holy Priest Born at Annecy-le-Vieux in 1914, Monsieur le Chanoine Louis François CROSET was ordained to the priesthood in the Cathedral of Annecy on...