Dominus Illuminatio Mea
A Mass of the Transfiguration It is a curious fact of liturgical history that originally the Second Sunday of Lent had no Mass of its...
Dom Guéranger: A Prophet
In his commentary on the lessons for the Ember Saturday in Lent, Dom Guéranger (1805-1875) writes: Does one want to understand the solidity of a...
Saint Gabriel of the Addolorata
Saint Gabriel of the Addolorata died on February 27, 1862 at twenty-four years of age. Pope Benedict XV canonized him on May 13, 1920. The...
What has God got to do with fasting?
Just it is indeed and fitting, right and for our lasting good, that we should always and everywhere give thanks to thee, Lord, holy Father,...
In the Wilderness
Draw Me After Thee The First Sunday of Lent sets before us the mystery of Our Lord’s forty-day fast in the wilderness. But we are...