Grant Us Breathing Space

Monday of Holy Week Today’s Collect is, without any doubt, one of the most poignant of the whole liturgical year. Here it is in the...

Spes Mea

Monday of Holy Week Isaiah 42:1-7 Psalm 26:1, 2, 3, 13-14 (R. v. 1a) John12:1-11 But After I Shall Be Risen The bright eighth mode...

The Most Precious Blood

One cannot enter into Holy Week without contemplating the adorable mystery of the Precious Blood. I am completely smitten by Bernini’s little known depiction of...

Solemnity of Saint Joseph

General Intercessions That the Holy Catholic Church, entrusted to the protection of Saint Joseph, may continue to bear witness to the sanctity of human life...

The Virgin of the Passion

Commemoration of the Compassion of the Blessed Virgin Mary Did you know that tomorrow, Friday in the Fifth Week of Lent (Passiontide), is the Commemoration...