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...
Blessed are the clean of heart
Blessed are the clean of heart: they shall see God Considered in the light of the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar, this beatitude reveals...
Enter Into the Veiled Places and Learn the Mysteries of God
Go to Be an Offering and a Fragrant Incense Today’s feast is Eastern in origin, Eastern in sensibility. To taste its mystery one has to...
Blessed are the merciful
In thy sight are all they that afflict me; my heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would show me...
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice
Justice What is this justice that is as necessary to our souls as food and drink are to our bodies? Why does Our Lord call...
Blessed are they that mourn
Blessed Are They that Mourn Jesus Christ is true God and true Man. The words and deeds of Jesus Christ during His life on earth...
Blessed are the poor in spirit
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 5, 1-12. Seeing the multitudes, Jesus went up into a mountain, and when he was set...
Ipsius vultum mundo valeat ostendere
Collect Custodi, quaesumus, Domine, in populo tuo spiritum, quo beatum Carolum episcopum implevisti, ut Ecclesia indesinenter renovetur, et, Christi se imagini conformans, ipsius vultum mundo...
November: Praying for the Holy Souls
Like a Gentle Rain It must have been forty-five years ago — or more — that I opened the Latin-English missal published by the Abbey...
Le peuple immense de ceux qui T’ont cherché
Here (once again) is the homily I preached in French six years ago at the Monastère Saint-Benoît in Nans-sous-Sainte-Anne, France. Richard Chonak’s fine translation follows....
The Lord saith: I think thoughts of peace
Christ the King Sunday we celebrated the feast of Christ the King; it is, of course, intimately bound up with the feast of All Saints...