More on the Immaculate Conception
First Vespers Last evening, as I opened my antiphonal to begin the First Vespers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I was...
Mary, Younger Than Sin
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Genesis 3: 9-15, 20 Ephesis 1:3-6, 11-12 Luke 1:26-38 Back to Creation’s Dawn The mystery...
Do your best. But never give up your beads.
One of my heavenly friends — in some way, I might even consider him a spiritual father of mine – is the Benedictine Dom Eugène...
Stirring Up the Power of God
Friday of the First Week of Advent Isaiah 29: 17-24 Psalm 26: 1, 4, 13-14 Matthew 9:27-31 Stir Up Today’s Collect, addressed to Our Lord...
Lest We Faint in the Way
First Wednesday of Advent Isaiah 25:6-10a Psalm 22: 1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Matthew 15:29-37 The Eucharist The liturgy of the Wednesday of the First Week...