The Primacy of Adoration

  Let all the earth adore Thee, O God, and sing to Thee: let it sing a psalm to Thy Name, O Most High. V....

Cum transieris per aquas, tecum ero

When Thou Passest through the Waters Saint Maurus, together with Saint Placid, is honoured as one of the first disciples of our father Saint Benedict....

Reprove, entreat, rebuke

13 Jan. 14 May. 13 Sept. For the Abbot in his doctrine ought always to observe the bidding of the Apostle, wherein he says: “Reprove,...

We have seen the true light

The Epiphany Mystery–Events The mystery of the Epiphany or, if you will, of the Theophany — that is, of the appearing of God in the...

Saint Aelred, Abbot of Rievaulx

A Saint Full of Sympathy for Physical and Moral Infirmities Jocelin of Furness, a contemporary of Saint Aelred, gives the following account of the saintly...