Saint Athanasius
Here are some “jottings in the margin of the Missal” as Dom Marmion would call them: just a few random thoughts on the Propers of...
Saint Catherine and the Church
A Church Ever Youthful Looking at Saint Catherine of Siena we see a woman fully alive, a woman who, in spite of intense and prolonged...
A Pope and an Ursuline
Saint Pius V, Pope Saint Marie de l’Incarnation, Ursuline O God, who didst raise up Pope Saint Pius V within Thy Church to uphold the...
Ex abundantia enim cordis os loquitur
Today’s feast of the Holy Abbots of Cluny compelled me to return to Pope Benedict’s exposition of the contribution of Cluny to the life...
The Joy that Flows from God’s Goodness
The treasured Wednesday catecheses of Pope Benedict XVI constitute a precious heritage for the Church in every place and time. One will want to return...
Litany of Trust in the Mercy of Christ
Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we have placed our trust in Thee. For myself, a poor sinner, I trust in Thy...
In pace locus eius
Peace Within In writing this morning to a young man, a friend of the priory, I was inspired to translate for him a text of...
Recognise the gift of God
On 28 April, 1695, Mother Mectilde, being at the customary recreation of a Thursday evening, began, all of a sudden, to speak to her daughters,...
Man ate the bread of angels
Wednesday of Pascha Come, you blessed of my Father, receive the kingdom, alleluia prepared for you since the foundation of the world, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia...
The prayer of a priest
This little prayer has been part of my life since 2005. My good friend Monsignor Arthur B. Calkins proposed that I include in it a...
Lose yourself in His adorable, divine immensity
Oh, I love to reflect on the presence of God in a soul! To think that we are immersed in God, that we are in...
Salve, Festa Dies
It is the custom in some monasteries to go round the cloister, singing the Salve, Festa Dies, in procession before Lauds on Easter morning. Many...
Lumen Christi!
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Grant Us Breathing Space
Monday of Holy Week Today’s Collect is, without any doubt, one of the most poignant of the whole liturgical year. Here it is in the...
Into the Harbour of the Sacred Passion
Into the Silence Listening to the Passion plunges us into silence. The Word has been silenced. Only a fool would dare to speak. Perhaps there...
Ipse est ianua, ipse est via
This morning, Saint Ambrose at Matins: Ipse est per quem ascendimus, et ad quem ascendimus. Ipse est janua, ipse est via, qui aperitur, et qui...
Recordare
Beata Passio The vessel of the Church, having navigated the dark and stormy seas of Lent, prepares today to enter the serene port of the...
Friday of the Sorrowful Mother
The Virgin of Sorrows is the Portress of the Holy Mysteries, the Keeper of the Door of Christ’s Pierced Heart, the Mother of our Joy....
Lectio Divina for Passion Week
Sunday, 6 April— Saturday, 12 April 2014 Preparation 1. Clear your desk. 2. Have on your desk only your Missal, the Holy Bible in one...
Cardinal Piacenza: Holiness in Christ
Mauro Cardinal Piacenza, a Benedictine Oblate, is Major Penitentiary at the Holy See’s Apostolic Penitentiary. He is also President of Aid to the Church in...