Corpus Christi 2014
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Come to Me all you who labor and are heavily burdened
Pope Pius XII and Eucharistic Adoration Already, in the years immediately following the Second World War, and mostly in northern Europe, voices were raised in...
I set thee apart for myself
“I claimed thee for my own before ever I fashioned thee in thy mother’s womb; before ever thou camest to birth, I set thee apart...
Until Christ be formed in us
Mediator Dei When, in 1947, Pope Pius XII wrote the encyclical Mediator Dei, he was fully and painfully conscious of two opposing currents of thought...
The liturgy: foremost and indispensable
Blaming the Jesuits Father Blake of Brighton, with his customary candour, writes in a recent post: I blame the Jesuits and the Spirit of the...
750th Anniversary of the Institution of the Feast of Corpus Domini
In preparation for the festival of Corpus Christi, it is fitting to re–read Pope Benedict’s discourse on Saint Juliana and the origins of the feast....
Betake thyself to the Church
This morning at Matins, in his homily on Luke 5, Saint Ambrose said: An Example for Our Imitation It was no chance occurence, this healing...
Leo XIII on Devotion to the Holy Ghost
Invoke the Holy Ghost We ought to pray to and invoke the Holy Ghost, for each one of us greatly needs His protection and His...
Consecration of Priests to the Holy Spirit
For Pentecost I translated this passage from the Spiritual Journal of Concepción (Conchita) Cabrera de Armida. In it Our Lord speaks to Conchita concerning his...
Veni Sancte Spiritus
This is, I think, my favourite English translation of the “Golden Sequence,” the Veni Sancte Spiritus. I found it in Maurice Zundel’s classic, The Splendour...
Whitsunday
A Pentecost Meditation Alleluia! Today the Breath of the Lord has invaded the cosmos and filled it! Life spills out of the Cenacle and, like...
O Divine Spirit
Fifth Grade It was 1962. I was in 5th grade in Saint Francis School when, under the tutelage of the formidable Sister M. Raymond, we...
First Holy Communion: 4 June 1959
This photograph was taken on the day of my First Holy Communion. Left to right: my dear little neighbour friend Brigitte Folz, at that time...
Faciem tuam, Domine, requiram
Sunday After the Ascension of the Lord The Most Holy Face of Christ is celebrated on various days of the liturgical year. In the tradition...
Seven Mysteries of the Holy Ghost
Drawing upon the traditional mysteries of the rosary — Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious, and the mysteries of Light proposed by Pope Saint John Paul II...
For the Feast of Our Lady of the Cenacle
Saturday, 31 May 2014 Feast of Our Lady of the Cenacle My dear Oblate family, Turn to Mary The Invitatory for today’s feast — Our...
Saint Bede the Venerable
A Model for Monks Today is the feast of Saint Bede the Venerable, a model for all Benedictine monks by reason of his serene fidelity...
Rogation Monday
At Matins this morning, Saint Ambrose gave the following commentary on the Gospel of the Day: At that time : Jesus said unto his disciples:...
God Hidden and Unknown
The Auction Someone informed me, yesterday, of an auction being held this weekend at a farm not far from the priory. Among the old furniture...
Evviva Santa Rita!
Visiting Saint Rita When I was a lad growing up in Fair Haven, I would occasionally venture beyond the boundaries of my immediate neighborhood and...