Eruditi et Nutriti
Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent Deuteronomy 4:5-9 Psalm 147: 12-13, 15-16, 19-20 (R. 12a) Matthew 5:17-19 The Word Repeated The liturgy is circular,...
A Divine Enclosure Set Round About Our Hearts
Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent Introit I cried out and you heard me, O God; bend your ear and hear my words: keep...
Quaerens me, sedisti lassus
Third Sunday of Lent John 4:5–52 A Monk’s Prayer Saint John makes a point of saying that, “Jesus, wearied as He was with His journey,...
The Novena to Saint Joseph
There are Catholics, belonging to a certain theological “caste”, who sniff condescendingly at novenas and other expressions of popular devotion. They forget, perhaps, the words...
Benedict XVI: God Has A Face
In a questions–and answers–session with the clergy of Rome on February 22, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI returned to what had already become a leitmotif of...