Misericordiam non mutavit, sed multiplicavit
My incomparable Saint Bernard (depicted above with Saint Ambrose in a 1475 painting by Francesco di Giorgio Martini) spoke so eloquently this morning of the...
At Vespers
This painting of the adolescent Jesus is in the chapel of the Casa San Francesco in Carsoli (Aquila), Italy. I preached this evening at Pontifical...
Oremus
The Prayer of the Faithful The Prayer of the Faithful for the Ordinary Form of the Mass poses a number of complex problems. The lack...
The Consolations of His Coming
December 24 Collect at the Hours and at the Mass in the Morning Come quickly, we beseech You, Lord Jesus, and do not delay, so...
Secundum Verbum Tuum
For while all things were in quiet silence, and the night was in the midst of her course, Thy almighty word leapt down from heaven...