How Solicitous the Abbot Should Be of the Excommunicate (XXVII)
CHAPTER XXVII. How Solicitous the Abbot Should Be of the Excommunicate 4 Mar. 4 July. 3 Nov. Let the Abbot exercise all diligence in his...
Of Pastoral Mercy
One can get the impression, of late, that pastoral mercy is something newly discovered in the Church and that until now no one has really...
Benedict XVI on the Most Precious Blood
On 5 July 2009, after praying the Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of the Precious Blood of Christ. “He that hath an ear, let him...
After First Vespers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
We have crossed the threshold, not only of Your feast, but also of Your mystery, O Pierced One. We have been in pilgrimage to Your...
Sit laus plena, sit sonora
A Meditation for Corpus Domini Remember all the desert way through which the Lord your God has brought you: forty years of willful wandering. Remember...
Puer Samuel
Very often the key that unlocks for us the particular grace of any given Sunday is given in the Magnificat Antiphon at First Vespers. The...
Correspondence on the Monastic Vocation 5
Disclaimer: The series of letters entitled “Correspondence on the Monastic Vocation”, while based on the real questions of a number of men in various places...
Correspondence on the Monastic Vocation 13
Disclaimer: The series of letters entitled “Correspondence on the Monastic Vocation”, while based on the real questions of a number of men in various places...
Sic in sancto apparui tibi
So in the holy place, I contemplate thee. Psalm 62:3 Silence of the Sacred Host, pervade me. Hiddenness of the Sacred Host, envelop me. Humility...
Correspondence on the Monastic Vocation 11
Disclaimer: The series of letters entitled “Correspondence on the Monastic Vocation”, while based on the real questions of a number of men in various places...
Corpus Christi Schedule at Silverstream Priory
The Benedictine Monks of Silverstream Priory in Stamullen, Co Meath will be having Solemn Exposition and Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament daily from the...
Corpus Domini
Hail, Festival Day! Hail, Day of Sion’s sweetest hymns! Hail, Day of timeless adoration! Hail, Day of lavish jubilation! Hail, Day of our most fragrant...
Adoro Te Devote
Yearning, I adore you, wondrous hidden God, Bread of Life by bread concealed, speaking heart to heart. Give me now the faith that sees darkly...
How the Night-Office is to be said in Summer Time (X)
CHAPTER X. How the Night-Office is to be said in Summer Time 12 Feb. 13 June. 13 Oct. From Easter to the first of November...
Evviva Sant’Antonio!
Six years ago at this time I was in my beloved ancestral town of Piedimonte–Matese for the procession of the relics of Sant’Antonio. This is...
Quia fecit nobíscum misericórdiam suam
Blessed be the Holy Trinity and undivided Unity: we will give glory to Him, because He has shown His mercy to us. (Introit, Trinity Sunday)...
Most Holy Trinity
Cascades of Jubilation The Office of Lauds this morning was a torrent of undiluted praise. The Church gives us doxology upon doxology. She expresses her...
Inclina aurem cordis tui
Our Oblate Brother Marco Gregory da Vinha at Inclina aurem cordis tui offers his readers the fruits of his own contemplation. I recommend Inclina aurem...
A Gift for Each Day
The Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost What are the seven gifts of the Holy Ghost? The Catechism names them: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge,...
Spiritus Domini replevit orbem terrarum.
There is no place on earth where the Holy Ghost is not present. There is no place so high that He cannot go there; no...