Frank Duff, Holy Layman
Heroic Fidelity to the Divine Office Shortly before his death on 7 November 1980, layman Frank Duff, founder of the Legion of Mary, addressed a...
Letter to Our Oblates: Lectio Divina Revisited
14 January 2014 Feast of Saint Hilary of Poitiers My very dear Oblates, The Bible: A Liturgical Book Today’s feast of Saint Hilary of Poitiers,...
The Webcam in the Sanctuary
Adoration and Adoration I should like to respond to a number of queries concerning the practice by which pious individuals gaze at a webcam image...
The Miraculous Responsory of Saint Anthony
Pray to Saint Anthony of Padua I just spoke to someone in great distress who, having lost something of value while traveling, asked me to...
Come ye to adore me
Here is the conclusion of Mother Mectilde’s Epiphany conference of 1694. Mother Mectilde wisely counsels against seeking extraordinary sensible manifestations of God’s will, subject to...
To love and adore always
For Catherine Mectilde de Bar, the adoration of Our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament is not an occasional devotion; it is, rather, the direction...
You have seen His star
The Epiphany Conference 1694 Some years ago, I translated one of Mother Mectilde de Bar’s most important conferences; she gave it on the vigil of...
Dulcis Iesu Memoria
Painting of the Child Jesus with a crown of flowers by Carlo Dolci (1616-1686) Over forty years ago, when I was taking my first steps...
God, being unchanging, He is enough
I have translated some helpful excerpts from Catherine Mectilde de Bar’s correspondence with her dear friend and sometime spiritual director, the saintly layman Jean de...
Resting content in the Lord’s goodness
I know that tomorrow, the last day of the civil year, some of the Oblates of our monastery and many readers of Vultus Christi will...
One must abandon oneself to God
As the beginning of the Mectildian Jubilee Year (1614–2014) draws near, I decided to translate these passages from a confidential text of Mother Mectilde written...
In principio erat Verbum
The Wood of Crèche and of Cross This is an extraordinary painting of the Nativity, principally because of the crucifix on the rustic shelf inside...
Vita vestra est abscondita cum Christo in Deo
Your life is hidden away now with Christ in God. Colossians 3:3 Some are called not to much speaking, nor to conversations about the Church,...
Sic in sancto apparui tibi
So in the holy place, I contemplate thee. Psalm 62:3 Silence of the Sacred Host, pervade me. Hiddenness of the Sacred Host, envelop me. Humility...
After Our Sin, He Ceases Not to Call Us
Experience of the Sins of the Flesh Those who have had experience of the sins of the flesh are to be admonished to observe vigilantly...
What Manner of Hands They Ought to Be
A Father Entrusted With the Whole World He who acts as an ambassador on behalf of the whole city—but why do I say the city?...
The School of Mary
On October 4, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI went on pilgrimage to the Holy House of Loreto in anticipation of the Year of Faith and in...
Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice’ sake
Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:10). Christ Jesus is persecuted in the Sacrament...
Hope in darkness
From Hopes to Hope Many years ago, as I was standing in the rain in front of the grotto at Lourdes on a cold February...
Blessed are the peacemakers
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God In less than four weeks time we will be singing the opening...