Recognise the gift of God

On 28 April, 1695, Mother Mectilde, being at the customary recreation of a Thursday evening, began, all of a sudden, to speak to her daughters,...

Man ate the bread of angels

Wednesday of Pascha Come, you blessed of my Father, receive the kingdom, alleluia prepared for you since the foundation of the world, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia...

The prayer of a priest

This little prayer has been part of my life since 2005.  My good friend Monsignor Arthur B. Calkins proposed that I include in it a...

Salve, Festa Dies

It is the custom in some monasteries to go round the cloister, singing the Salve, Festa Dies, in procession before Lauds on Easter morning. Many...