Ave, liber incomprehensus

At Matins this morning I listened, enchanted, to Saint Epiphanius’ rapturous praises of the All-Holy Mother of God. The witness of Saint Epiphanius is precious:...

Non transalpinare necesse est

Non te opportet, o homo, maria transfretare, non penetrare nubes, non transalpinare necesse est. Non grandis, inquam, tibi ostenditur via: usque ad temetipsum occurre Deo...

Deus, in adjutorium meum intende

The Divine Office I am eager to address a number of questions that readers have raised about the Divine Office but, given that a good...

Invenisti gratiam apud Deum

Advent and the Annunciation Our Lady, the glorious Virgin of Isaiah’s prophecy (Is 7:14), is everywhere present in the liturgy of Advent, and this from...