Ad aeterna tabernacula festinare
The Cross, the Passion, and the Most Holy Eucharist Today’s Saint Silvester Guzzolini (1177-1267), founder of the so-called Blue Benedictines (from the colour of their...
The earth hath yielded her fruit
We are in the harvest–tide of the Kingdom of God: the good seed sown by the Divine Sower in the field of the Church has...
Higher, Sir Priest!
Here is the homily I preached today, on the feast of Saint Charles Borromeo, to members of the British Confraternity of Catholic Clergy at Aylesford...
Of Reverence at Prayer (XX)
CHAPTER XX. Of Reverence at Prayer 25 Feb. 27 June. 27 Oct. If, when we wish to make any request to men in power, we...
Of the Discipline of saying the Divine Office (XIX)
CHAPTER XIX. Of the Discipline of saying the Divine Office 24 Feb. 26 June. 26 Oct. We believe that the Divine presence is everywhere, and...
In what order the Psalms are to be said (XVIII:3)
CHAPTER XVIII. In what order the Psalms are to be said 23 Feb. 24 June. 24 Oct. Vespers are to be sung every day with...
In what order the Psalms are to be said (I)
CHAPTER XVIII. In what order the Psalms are to be said 21 Feb. 22 June. 22 Oct. First of all let this verse be said:...
How the Work of God is to be done in the day-time (XVI)
CHAPTER XVI. How the Work of God is to be done in the day-time 19 Feb. 20 June. 20 Oct. As the prophet saith: “Seven...
How the Night-Office is to be said on Saints’ Days (XIV)
CHAPTER XIV. How the Night-Office is to be said on Saints’ Days 17 Feb. 18 June. 18 Oct. On the Festivals of Saints, and all...
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...