When anyone newly cometh to be a monk
The Reception of Brethren I am often struck at how appropriate to the circumstances and events of daily life the appointed passage of the Holy...
God: always more ready to hear than we to pray
La guarigione del sordomuto, Cristoforo de Predis, Milano, 1440-1486 11th Sunday After Pentecost Today’s Introit, well served by its sturdy 5th mode melody, is a...
Ego sum vitis, vos palmites
John 15 After Holy Communion We held the blessing of grapes after Holy Mass, using the Latin text given in Father Weller’s Roman Ritual. It...
Vultum tuum, Domine, requiram
“La Trasfigurazione” by Marco Pino, 1578 Among the many days in the liturgical calendar that direct our gaze to the holy and glorious Face of...
Suscipe
For this feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, here is a beautiful text of Pope Benedict XVI. I am mindful in prayer today of my...