The Holy Face in Franciscan Spirituality
When it comes to Franciscan spirituality, I, being a son of Saint Benedict and an unworthy disciple of Blessed Abbot Marmion, lay claim to nothing...
Blessed Columba Marmion, O.S.B.
Would you have recognized him? This is none other than Blessed Abbot Columba Marmion, O.S.B. He was obliged to travel in disguise during World War...
Saint Jerome and Lectio Divina
Jerome and the Monastic Path Jerome, translator of the original Hebrew and Greek texts of the Bible into Latin, the tongue of the common folk,...
Patri munus et hostiam
The Office hymn given for Lauds and Vespers in the Liber Hymnarius and in the Liturgia Horarum for today’s feast of Saint Jerome, Doctor of...
Moneyless physicians labouring without pay
Saints of the Roman Canon From the end of the fourth century right up until 1970 the Mass of the Roman Rite was never celebrated...
Desire for God, unutterable love
Yesterday morning at Matins, we had this magnificent text of the Golden–Mouthed Doctor: From the Book on Prayer by St John Chrysostom, Bishop & Doctor...
When the world was growing cold
Vultus Christi Reader Richard Smith was kind enough to visit Saint Francis Church in New Haven, Connecticut, and photograph the window of the Stigmata of...
Fire for a World Grown Cold
Never underestimate the effect of an image on the memory and imagination of a little child. Long before a child learns to read, he begins...
How to Be Both Hot and Holy in Old Age
In his commentary on old King Solomon’s need to sleep with a maiden hot enough to keep him warm and holy enough not to arouse...
Envelop this island on all sides
We beseech and pray thee, holy Mary, to accept today the total and irrevocable consecration of Ireland to thy maternal and immaculate Heart. Let the...
In you go, little ones!
Trying to get the goslings to go into their house for the night! Brother Finnian is very good at getting the geese to cooperate. ...
Like a gentle rain to soften every heart
Readers of Vultus Christi may want to pray the following very ancient litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the feast of her glorious Assumption...
Saint Maximilian Maria’s Secret of Holiness
Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe’s Act of Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary O Immaculate, Queen of heaven and earth, Refuge of sinners and our most...
Novena to Saint Bernard Tolomei
For those who would like to join us in making a novena to Saint Bernard Tolomei from August 13th to the 21st, we offer this...
August 6th: The Blessing of Grapes
The tradition of the Roman Church marks the feast of the martyrs Pope Saint Sixtus and his four deacon companions on the 6th/7th of August...
Lex orandi, lex credendi: the ground of priestly piety
As a Holy Victim The Secret of the Mass for today’s feast of Saint Alphonsus Maria Liguori goes to the heart of an authentic priestly...
To be nothing and to await all from God
This text of Mother Mectilde is very fitting for today’s feast of Saint John Cassian. My own commentary is in italics. The image of Mother...
Sicut filii carissimi in dilectione
Letter of Dom Columba Marmion, Abbot of Maredsous, to Father Louis Peeters, S.J., Provincial of the Belgian Province of the Company of Jesus I took...
Our Lady in the Chapter Room
It occurred to me that today’s feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is most suitable for letting readers of Vultus Christi see the wood–carved...
The wholly flaming fire
Tomorrow we will be keeping the feast of Saint Bonaventure, Doctor of the Church. The Seraphic Doctor counsels us wisely: Question grace, not instruction; desire,...