Eighth Day of the Novena
Saint Gabriel of the Addolorata, even from his place in glory, makes friends easily. Like Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the Holy...
Seventh Day of the Novena
The Merciful Christ wants us for Himself. “I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance” (Lk 5:32). And should anyone out...
The Mercy of God in the Face of His Christ
Saturday After Ash Wednesday The Voice of Mercy While we are yet on the threshold of Lent, Christ Jesus, the incarnate Mercy of God, passes...
A Lenten Poem
Friday Stations Red-covered they were passed out one by one like a Lenten communion drawn out of the cavernous tabernacle of Mercy sleeves, and distributed...
First Friday of Lent
I heard a frightful amount of banging about outside my cell during the work period this morning. “The postulants are moving furniture again,” I thought,...