Illumina faciem tuam super servum tuum
The Journey Begins Today we begin the great annual journey to the Pasch of the Lord. It is a laborious ascent marked by four phases:...
At First Vespers of Septuagesima
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The secret and admirable way of silence
In this passage from a letter of 1678 addressed to a Religious of the Monastery of Toul, Mother Mectilde shows herself a teacher of interior...
Saint Agnes, Virgin Martyr
A Winter Constellation The wintertime liturgy sparkles with a constellation of virgin martyrs and holy women. The Roman Canon enshrines their names: Felicity, Perpetua, Agatha,...
Fear nothing
Mother Mectilde de Bar to the Community of Toul, 1678 (Part II) If you have something hidden deep down inside you, God knows it, and...