Quae sunt Dei Deo
22nd Sunday after Pentecost Today, in Rome, even as I speak, seven new saints are being canonised: José Sánchez del Río, a fourteen year-old boy...
How Lauds are to be said on Week-days (1)
CHAPTER XIII. How Lauds are to be said on Week-days 15 Feb. 16 June. 16 Oct. On week-days let Lauds be celebrated in the manner...
Harm, havoc, and one saint’s response
For the feast of Saint Teresa of Jesus: There came to my notice the harm and havoc that were being wrought in France by these...
The ninth degree of humility
6 Feb. 7 June. 7 Oct. The ninth degree of humility is, that a monk refrain his tongue from speaking, keeping silence until a question...
The Eighth Degree of Humility
5 Feb. 6 June. 6 Oct. The eighth degree of humility is, for a monk to do nothing except what is authorised by the common...
The Seventh Degree of Humility
4 Feb. 5 June. 5 Oct. The seventh degree of humility is, that he should not only call himself with his tongue lower and viler...
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,...
Thy word to thy servant
In yet another instance of the liturgical providence of God, today’s Collect dovetails with the passage from the Holy Rule that we read this morning...
The third degree of humility
Jan. 1 June. 1 Oct. The third degree of humility is, that a man for the love of God submit himself to his superior in...
The second degree of humility
Jan. 31 May. 30 Sept. The second degree of humility is, that a man love not his own will, nor delight in fulfilling his own...
The first degree of humility (4)
29 Jan. 30 May. 29 Sept. Let us be on our guard, then, against evil desires, since death hath its seat close to the entrance...
Quis resistet Sancti Michaelis gladio?
I wrote and posted this piece in 2006: Angels Everywhere Italian baroque churches are full of representations of the angels. There are majestic angels of...
The first degree of humility (VII:4)
28 Jan. 29 May. 28 Sept. We are, indeed, forbidden to do our own will by Scripture, which saith to us: turn away from thine...
The first degree of humility (2)
27 Jan. 28 May. 27 Sept. Let him consider that he is always beheld from heaven by God, and that his actions are everywhere seen...
To be silent and to listen
CHAPTER VI. Of the Practice of Silence 24 Jan. 25 May. 24 Sept. Let us do as saith the prophet: “I said, I will take...
Hilarem datorem diligit Deus (V:II)
23 Jan. 24 May. 23 Sept. But this very obedience will then only be acceptable to God and sweet to men, if what is commanded...
Novena to Saint Thérèse, 22—30 September
Dear readers of Vultus Christi, please join with us in seeking the intercession of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face...
Narrow is the way which leadeth unto life
CHAPTER V. Of Obedience 22 Jan. 23 May. 22 Sept. The first degree of humility is obedience without delay. This becometh those who hold nothing...
And never to despair of God’s mercy (IV:IV)
21 Jan. 22 May. 21 Sept. 62. Daily to fulfil by one’s deeds the commandments of God. 63. To love chastity. 64. To hate no...
Actus vitae suae omni hora custodire (IV:III)
20 Jan. 21 May. 20 Sept. 44. To fear the Day of Judgment. 45. To be in dread of hell. 46. To desire with a...