Compassionate Saint Callistus I, Pope
One of the things I most love about the prayers of the Roman Rite is their compassionate realism. Today’s succinct Collect (in the traditional liturgical...
O Hostie rayonnante!
On the feast of Corpus Christi, la Fête-Dieu, 1931, Mother Marie des Douleurs (1902-1983) wrote a meditation in the form of a dialogue with Jesus,...
Mary, the Virgin Who Leadeth the Lamb
Listening to Saint Bernard at Matins in the pre-dawn darkness, I was moved by his meditation on the obedience of the Son to the Virgin...
A Fruitful Love
Saint Daniel Comboni Today is the liturgical memorial of Saint Daniel Comboni, founder of two missionary institutes, tireless worker for the abolition of slavery, and...
Benedict XVI on Pius XII
I was in first grade when Pope Pius XII died. The news reached our parish school in the early afternoon. We were instructed to lower...