Mass for the Election of a Pope
Few Masses are rarer for the schola to sing than the Missa pro Eligendo Pontifice,the Mass for choosing a Pope, though we joke sometimes that...
The Mystery of Christ in a Heavenly Word
The Nine-Fold Alleluia of Paschaltide From the Antiphonal: One of the gems of the Paschaltide Office is the glorious Nine-fold Alleluia which is sung every...
The Joy of the Sons of the Resurrection: Blessed Schuster on Easter
The following text was originally written for Easter Sunday, but serves as a fitting meditation for the entire season of Paschaltide. Easter Sunday1 Station at...
Pope Francis on Reparation
Pope Francis, 1936-2025 “[W]e need to realize that [Jesus’] risen Heart preserves Its wound as a constant memory, and that the working of grace makes...
Velum Templi Scissum Est
Meditations on Good Friday Matins At the Office of Tenebrae last night, we sang the following Responsory: ℟. Velum templi scissum est, * Et...
Blessed Schuster’s Daily Thoughts on the Rule: Good Friday
Good Friday Station at S. Croce in Gerusalemme The Redeemer’s Triumph 1. The Station is at St. Croce in Gerusalemme [Holy Cross in Jerusalem], where...
Blessed Schuster’s Daily Thoughts on the Rule: Maundy Thursday
Holy Thursday Station at the Lateran In Coena Domini 1. Today, the Station is at the Lateran [i.e., the Cathedral of the Pope as Bishop...
Spy Wednesday and Sister Clare Crockett, Sub-Shepherdess
Ash Wednesday At the solemn head of the great fast of Lent, gathered together for the Conventual Mass and ashes strewn upon our heads, the...
Blessed Schuster’s Daily Thoughts on the Rule: Spy Wednesday
Holy Wednesday Station at St Mary Major The Triumphs of the Cross 1. The station is on the Esquiline, at St Mary Major, as is...
Blessed Schuster’s Daily Thoughts on the Rule: Holy Tuesday
Holy Tuesday Station at St Prisca The Memorial of the Passion 1. The Station is on the Aventine at the Titulus Priscae, which some Authors...
Blessed Schuster’s Daily Thoughts on the Rule: Holy Monday
Station at the titulus ‘de fasciola’ The Banquet at Bethany 1. The Station today is at the Titulus of Praxedes, on the Esquiline, and the...
Blessed Schuster’s Daily Thoughts on the Rule: Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday Station at St John Lateran The Christian Pasch 1. The Station is in the Lateran, where today the rites of the Paschal Week...
Blessed Schuster’s Daily Thoughts on the Rule: Passion Saturday
Saturday before Palm Sunday Station at St John before the Latin Gate The Triumph of the Saviour 1. In ancient times, today was a day...
St. Gemma Galgani: “… Burned to Ashes for Jesus”
Saint Gemma Galgani Birth: March 12, 1878 Death: April 11, 1903 Introduction of Cause for Canonisation: April 28, 1920 (Her dear heavenly friend and brother,...
Blessed Schuster’s Daily Thoughts on the Rule: Passion Friday
Passion Friday Station at St Stephen on the Celian hill The Soldiers Return to the Sanhedrin Empty-Handed 1. The Station is on the Celian, in...
Blessed Schuster’s Daily Thoughts on the Rule: Passion Thursday
Passion Thursday Station at Saint Apollinaris The Sinful Woman Converted 1. Today the Station is at St Apollinaris, not far from the Baths of Agrippa...
Blessed Schuster’s Daily Thoughts on the Rule: Passion Wednesday
Passion Wednesday Station at St Marcellus New Attacks under Solomon’s Portico 1. The station is at Saint Marcellus, at the base of the Quirinal hill,...
75th Anniversary of Venerable Maria Teresa Quevedo
Venerable Maria Teresa Quevedo: The “Princess” who was “a Slave to the Queen” (d. April 8, 1950) Venerable Maria Teresa Quevedo was born on April...
Blessed Schuster’s Daily Thoughts on the Rule: Passion Tuesday
Passion Tuesday Station at St Cyriacus At the Feast of Tents 1. The station was at St Cyriacus, which stood near the baths of Diocletian,...
Blessed Schuster’s Daily Thoughts on the Rule: Passion Monday
Passion Monday Station at St Chrysogonus The Living Water and the Spirit 1. Today the station is in Trastevere at the titulus of St Chrysogonus....