Vultus Christi

The Immaculate Heart of Mary

8 February 2016

Blessed Are the Pure in Heart In the Beatitudes, Jesus, the Son of Mary, gives us the key that unlocks for us the mystery of...

Love and Confidence in the Heart of Mary

8 February 2016

For today’s feast of the Most Pure Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I offer this translation of a text of Mother Mectilde de Bar....

Lord, that I may see

7 February 2016

Gospel: Then Jesus took unto him the twelve, and said to them: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be accomplished which...

Trials, Humiliation, and Reparation

4 February 2016

Humiliation Mother Mectilde de Bar was fond of repeating to her daughters that, “a victim of the Holy Sacrament [that is, one entirely offered and...

Litany of Reparation

4 February 2016

Lord, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us Christ, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us....

Vultus Christi (The Face of Christ) is the spiritual blog of the Benedictine Monks of Perpetual Adoration at Our Lady of the Cenacle Monastery (Silverstream Priory) in Ireland. Through this apostolate, the monks of Silverstream Priory share the fruits of their contemplation of the Face of Christ for the edification of the faithful, with a particular emphasis on the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, the Church's Liturgy, and the Blessed Virgin Mary, as well as on monasticism and the spiritual legacy of Mother Mectilde de Bar (1614-1698), foundress of the Benedictines of Perpetual Adoration. More information is available from our website, or visit cenaclepress.com to purchase products from the monastery.