11th Sunday after Pentecost
Ezechias Today’s Holy Mass unfolds around the story of Ezechias (4 Kings 20: 1–11) that was read at Matins. Ezechias was the son of the...
Saint Alfonso Maria de Liguori
It is no secret, to my friends at least, that I am immensely fond of Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, and I would like to...
Père Jacques Hamel, Sacerdos et Hostia
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Super altare tuum
The Child King Ioas It often happens that the Magnificat Antiphon at First Vespers is the key that allows us to enter deeply into Sunday’s...
When God shall be all our love
Today, 23rd July, is the onomastico (name day) of Brother Cassian Maria. Dear Brother Cassian, today is your first nameday under the patronage of our...
Sacra Liturgia Releases Official Text
Robert Cardinal Sarah: Towards an Authentic Implementation of Sacrosanctum Concilium SACRA LITURGIA announces: “It is our privilege to publish the official text of the Opening...
Vir Dei Benedictus
One Desire: To Please God Alone Our father Saint Benedict! Saint Gregory resumes in a single phrase our father’s luminous purity of heart: Soli Deo...
«Holy! Holy! Holy!»
Isaiah 6:1–8 Psalm 92:1ab, 1c–2, 5 (R. 1a) Matthew 10:24–33 Evangelium Conference July 9, 2016 The Holy is dreadful and fascinating; it attracts us and,...
Castitatem amare
It is fitting on this feast of Saint Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr, to offer some random thoughts on chastity, the joyful virtue. Chastity leads...
Solomon and Christ
Liturgical Notes: Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Seven Gifts Today is designated the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost; seven is, of course, a mystic number in both...
Gerhard L. Cardinal Müller
Strictly speaking, we Catholics have no reason to celebrate October 31, 1517, the date that is considered the beginning of the Reformation that would lead...
Saint Chrysostom on Saint Paul
For the Commemoration of Saint Paul, here is an extract from a magnificent sermon of Saint John Chrysostom. The icon depicts Saint John Chrysostom writing...
Mass of Our Mother of Perpetual Succour
Introit Rejoice we all in the Lord, as we keep festival in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary: whose solemnity makes angels joyful and sets...
John: A Burning and Shining Lamp
Ah, I Cannot Speak At Matins today, the stammering words of the prophet Jeremias are placed in the mouth of the Saint John the Baptist:...
The Joy of Innocence
Sexual Exploitation, Then and Now The young Italian prince Luigi Gonzaga preserved his innocence in a milieu where boys were often the victims of sexual...
Innocens manibus, et mundo corde
A Saint for Schoolboys When I was growing up, Catholic schoolboys were given a choice of two patron saints: Dominic Savio and Luigi (more often...
Exaudi, Domine, vocem meam
David’s Cry from the Heart Today’s Holy Mass opens with a great cry to God, a cry wrung from the heart of David: Hear, O...
Heroic confidence in the midst of impossibilities
June 17th was the dies natalis of Marie-Adèle Garnier, Mother Mary of St. Peter, Foundress of the Adorers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of...
Saint Basil: Letter to a Fallen Monk
Come Back Now if any hope of salvation still remains in you, any slight recollection of God, any desire for the good things to come,...
Pope Benedict XVI on Saint Basil the Great
A Luminary of the Church Dear Brothers and Sisters, let us remember today one of the great Fathers of the Church, St Basil, described by...