8 November, Mass of Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, Virgin
At the end of the homily today I prayed Blessed Elizabeth’s prayer; her text has a way of establishing the soul in silence. After Mass...
Laus Meus in Ecclesia Magna
TUESDAY OF THE THIRTY–FIRST WEEK OF THE YEAR II Philippians 2:5-11 Psalm 21: 26b-27, 28-30a, 31-32 (R. v. 26a) Luke 14:15-24 Christ Obedient Unto Death...
7 November, Mass of Saint Willibrord, Bishop
I remember today Sister Marie–Willibrorda, O.S.B. of the Monastère Saint–Joseph in France and my friends, the Poor Clare nuns of Eindhoven in the Netherlands. ENTRANCE...
A Holy Baptism
Yesterday I had the joy of baptizing Michael Mario Guidone, son of Michael and Kerry Guidone, Oblates of the Benedictine Monastery of the Glorious Cross...
4 November, Mass of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop
The Collect for today’s memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo contains an extraordinary phrase. We ask that the Church, being ceaselessly renewed, and thus conformed to...