Pope Benedict XVI to Priests

This particular teaching of the Holy Father went straight to my heart. It is, I think, a confirmation of the service I am called to...

Dominus meus et Deus meus

Where deep the spear had pierced, there Thomas searched thy side, Whence for the nations’ health, poured forth the healing tide; By this and each...

Feast of the Most Precious Blood

The first time I saw Bernini’s little known depiction of the Blood of Christ, I was completely smitten by it. The Eternal Father contemplates the...

After First Vespers of Midsummer Day

Oh, the joy of First Vespers of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist: a glorious set of antiphons and (in the monastic Office) an...