The Wound of Divine Love
A popular Jesuit priest–writer, appreciated by secular pundits for his congenial urbanity and wit, recently wrote an essay addressing the struggle of some priests with...
Patron Saint of Catholic Online–Journalists and Bloggers
Saint Francis de Sales Given that, in many cases, blogs have become a new form of journalism, or of political and ecclesiastical commentary, I propose...
Praying to Saint Joseph for Priests
Prayer to Saint Joseph for Priests O glorious Saint Joseph, thou who, on the word of the angel speaking to thee in the night, didst...
Happy St Patrick’s Day from Silverstream Priory
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Vidi Dominum facie ad faciem
The Stational Church It is a curious fact of liturgical history that originally the Second Sunday of Lent had no Mass of its own. The...
Silverstream’s Novena to Saint Patrick
Thou glorious Apostle of Christ, Patrick most blessed, enlightener of this land: thou art he who, in bowing before the inscrutable designs of Providence, wast...
Lenten Lectio Divina
And in these days of Lent let each one receive a book from the library, and read it all through in order. These books are...
The Crown of Thorns and Mental Illness
Union with the Passion of Christ The sacred liturgy provides man with the divinely inspired means to express his need in every situation, affliction, infirmity,...
Of the Observance of Lent (3)
CHAPTER XLIX. Of the Observance of Lent 31 Mar. 31 July. 30 Nov. Although the life of a monk ought at all times to have...
Of the Observance of Lent (2)
CHAPTER XLIX. Of the Observance of Lent 31 Mar. 31 July. 30 Nov. Although the life of a monk ought at all times to have...
Novena of the Holy Face of Jesus
Sexagesima Sunday Today, February 19th, is Sexagesima Sunday. In Rome the stational church is the Basilica of Saint Paul-Outside-the-Walls. This is reflected in the Collect...
From the Epistle of Sexagesima Sunday
Nicolas Poussin, The Ecstasy of Saint Paul, 1649-50 This glorious entanglement of arms and legs, both mortal and angelic represents Saint Paul’s rapture up to...
Bernadette
Her Feast Today, February 18th, is the feast of Saint Bernadette. I have long cherished the Collect for her feast: O God, protector and friend...
How Lauds Are to Be Said on Weekdays (2)
CHAPTER XIII. How Lauds Are to Be Said on Weekdays 16 Feb. 17 June. 17 Oct.The Office of Lauds and Vespers, however, must never conclude...
How the Solemn Office of Lauds Is to Be Said
CHAPTER XII. How the Solemn Office of Lauds Is to Be Said 14 Feb. 15 June. 15 Oct. At Lauds on Sunday let the sixty-sixth...
A Remarkable Discovery
A Letter Attributed to Saint Scholastica, Virgin and Abbess A certain researcher in Rome recently uncovered the manuscript of a late medieval copy of an...
The eleventh degree of humility
8 Feb. 9 June. 9 Oct. The eleventh degree of humility is, that when a monk speaketh, he do so gently and without laughter, humbly,...
The tenth degree of humility
7 Feb. 8 June. 8 Oct. The tenth degree of humility is, that he be not easily moved and prompt to laughter; because it is...
The Fifth Degree of Humility
2 Feb. 3 June. 3 Oct. The fifth degree of humility is, not to hide from one’s Abbot any of the evil thoughts that beset...
The Fourth Degree of Humility
1 Feb. 2 June. 2 Oct. The fourth degree of humility is, that if in this very obedience hard and contrary things, nay even injuries,...