18 December, O ADONAI
Moses Before the Burning Bush This is the central panel of a triptych painted by Nicolas Froment in 1476. It depicts Moses awestruck before the...
The unsearchable mysteries of God
At Matins this morning: The Lesson from the Holy Gospel according to Luke. At that time: God sent the angel Gabriel to a city of...
17 December, O SAPIENTIA
The Saints John How delightful to see in this painting both little Johns, the Baptist and the Theologian, together with the Incarnate Word, Holy Wisdom....
The Fellowship of the Angels
Yesterday at Matins: II NOCTURN From a Sermon by St Aelred, Abbot Let us take a look at ourselves and our city. Our way of...
John: Elias in Spirit
Yesterday at Matins: III NOCTURN The Lesson from the Holy Gospel according to John This was the testimony which John bore, when the Jews sent...
Let us attack the Lord on the way
This morning at Matins: From a Sermon by St Maximus of Turin, Bishop If women who have the care of a home will on certain...
Act of Reparation in Advent
Laudetur sacrosanctum et augustissimum Sacramentum in aeternum. My God and my Saviour, Jesus, true God and true Man, worthy Victim of the Most High, Living...
S. Ioannis Didaci Cuahtlatoatzin
Yes, that would be the much loved Saint Juan Diego of Guadalupe as he is designated in the new Solesmes Antiphonale Monasticum for December 9th....
Let Not Your Heart Be Disturbed
Let nothing frighten or grieve you, let not your heart be disturbed, do not fear any sickness or anguish. Am I not here, who am...
Pope on Patriarch
Hail, O rich and shady Mountain of God, whereon pastured the True Lamb, Who hath taken away our sins and infirmities, Hab. iii. 3; Isa....
Gaudens gaudebo in Domino
A Meditation on the Mass of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Look at this extraordinary medieval painting that shows the Tree of...
Behold a Virgin Shall Conceive
Saturday at Matins: From the Commentary on the Prophet Isaias by St Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop & Doctor Some of those who have translated the...
Blessed are the pure in heart
Friday at Matins: From a Sermon by St Augustine, Bishop & Doctor “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God”. Let us...
Keep the Word of God
Thursday at Matins: From a Sermon by St Bernard, Abbot & Doctor We have come to know a threefold coming of the Lord. The third...
They will come to thee and embrace thee
This morning at Matins: From a Homily by St Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor Keep ever in thy mind the fear of the Lord, being mindful...
Hope of Thy Children Scarred by Sin
A Consecration of Souls to the Immaculate I wrote this prayer of consecration seven years ago (2007) while supplying for a fortnight as chaplain to...
He will teach us his way
Tuesday at Matins: From the Commentary on Isaias by St Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop & Doctor “In the last days the mountain of the Lord...
To all such as would be converted unto him
At Matins this morning: From the Epistle of St Clement, Pope & Martyr, to the Corinthians These things, beloved, we write unto you, not merely...
Keep that day before your eyes
At Matins this morning: From the Catechetical Lectures of St Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop & Doctor of the Church We preach not one advent only...
O Bona Crux!
A Cross On the Threshold of Advent The feast of Saint Andrew the First–Called, coinciding with the First Sunday of Advent, and commemorated in the...