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...
Et domus Dei a sapientibus et sapienter administretur (LIII:2)
CHAPTER LIII. Of receiving Guests 5 Apr. 5 Aug. 5 Dec. Let the kitchen for the Abbot and guests be apart by itself; so that...
Let him go in quietly and pray (LII)
CHAPTER LII. Of the Oratory of the Monastery 3 Apr. 3 Aug. 3 Dec. Let the Oratory be what it is called, a place of...
Tota pulchra
The Radiant Brightness of the Immaculate Virgin Mary How right it is that in these « cold, and dark, and dreary » December days the sacred liturgy...
Of the Brethren who are working at a distance from the Oratory (L)
CHAPTER L. Of the Brethren who are working at a distance from the Oratory, or are on a journey 1 Apr. 1 Aug. 1 Dec....
A quarter of an hour a day
Catherine–Mectilde de Bar (1614–1698) was a spiritual mother and counselor to the Duchess of Orleans, Marguerite of Lorraine (1615—1672). In the course of their long...