Totis visceribus diligebat Christum regem
The title of today’s entry is from the Magnificat Antiphon: O how blessed a bishop was he! His inmost heart of hearts yearned on the...
Saint John Lateran in the Morning Light
Years ago, when I lived in Rome, I could see from the window near my cell the Basilica of Saint John Lateran in the morning...
I have not lost sight of my plan for you
Comfort and Hope Holy Mass opens this morning with words of comfort and hope. As a rule, the Introit of the Mass is the prayer...
Saint Willibrord: from Ireland to The Netherlands
Missionary Monk and Archbishop Saint Willibrord, whom we remember today, was educated at the monastery of Ripon in England under the direction of Saint Wilfred....
Winsome Saint Willibrord
Energetic in Everything He Undertook for God Saint Willibrord is the patron saint of The Netherlands. He was also a Benedictine, one of the companions...
Pray for Ireland Today
On this Feast of All Saints of Ireland, I invite the readers of Vultus Christi to intercede for the Church in Ireland today: Lord Jesus...
Benedict XVI on Saint Charles Borromeo
In 2010, to mark the 400th Anniversary of the Canonization of St Charles Borromeo, Pope Benedict XVI addressed a Message to Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, Archbishop...
Saint Malachy’s Pastoral Plan for Ireland
Today is the feast of Saint Malachy of Armagh. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, who counted Saint Malachy among his friends, describes the Archbishop of Armagh’s...
Cum recordaremur Sion
We sat down by the streams of Babylon and wept there, remembering Sion. Willow-trees grow there, and on these we hung up our harps when...
The Sacrament of All Saints
We celebrate today the memory of all who, by the power of the Holy Ghost at work in their lives and in their deaths, have...
Cast thyself fearlessly upon Him
Why standest thou in thyself, and so standest not? Cast thyself upon Him, fear not He will not withdraw Himself that thou shouldest fall; cast...
According to the faith I have in Thee
Saint Jude at the Mystical Supper The Gospel tells us that Simon was one of the twelve disciples whom Jesus called to Himself and named...
Francisco’s Many Rosaries
Blessed Francisco of Fatima While in Fatima last week, D. Finnian and I had the opportunity to visit with Dr Ângela de Fátima Coelho da...
Rosary Facing the People
The Importance of Images Having returned recently from a pilgrimage to one of the world’s foremost Marian sanctuaries, I have been thinking about something curious...
Gaudium sit tibi semper
The Liturgical Providence of God Revisited Some weeks ago at Holy Mass, I preached on the liturgical providence of God. I attempted to articulate something...
And the beauty that the faith has generated
I have often affirmed my conviction that the true apology of Christian faith, the most convincing demonstration of its truth…are the saints and the beauty...
The Church–Mystery
According to the Fathers, ontologically, the Church-mystery, the Church that is one and unique, precedes creation, and gives birth to the particular Churches as her...
We cannot make the Church
The Church is not an apparatus, nor a social institution, nor one social institution among many others. It is a person. It is a woman....
At Fatima: with a heart vigilant in prayer
Come to Fatima to Pray Dearly beloved brothers and sisters, I too have come as a pilgrim to Fatima, to this “home” from which Mary...
Mary shares the Church’s burden
Mary shares our human condition, but in complete openness to the grace of God. Not having known sin, she is able to have compassion on...