All the members of the family shall be at peace (XXXIV)
CHAPTER XXXIV. Whether All Ought Alike to Receive What is Needful 12 Mar. 12 July. 11 Nov. As it is written: “Distribution was made to...
All things, even sin
“Job says that “the life of man upon earth is a warfare and his days are like the days of a hireling.” But upon His...
Stay my heart upon Thee
O my beloved Jesus, do Thou multiply us and provide for us that, by day and by night, we may be able to adore Thee...
Bless me, Mother, for I have sinned
My own translation of an entry in the journal of Julien Green: “There was no woman among the Apostles chosen by Christ. There will not,...
Benedictine Poverty (XXXIII)
CHAPTER XXXIII. Whether Monks Ought to Have Anything of Their Own 11 Mar. 11 July. 10 Nov. The vice of private ownership is above all...
On the care of tools and other things (XXXII)
CHAPTER XXXII. Of the Iron Tools and Property of the Monastery 10 Mar. 10 July. 9 Nov. Let the Abbot appoint brethren, on whose manner...
Lumen Fidei
How extraordinary! An encyclical largely written by one Pope and signed and promulgated by another. I have already begun to study it. The following section...
Pope Consecrates Vatican City to Saint Michael and Saint Joseph
Spiritual Cleansing Something truly extraordinary happened in the gardens of Vatican City State this morning. Pope Francis, in the presence of Pope Benedict XVI, consecrated...
The Cure of the Sick Brother (XXVIII)
CHAPTER XXVIII. Of Those Who, Being Often Corrected, Do Not Amend 5 Mar. 5 July. 4 Nov. If any brother who has been frequently corrected...
The Cross and the Lily
A Date to Remember It was 5 July, 1922. Twenty-one year old Yvonne Beauvais was on holiday in a centuries-old backwater monastery in Brittany, far...
Dixit Dominus Domino meo (XVIII)
CHAPTER XVIII. In What Order the Psalms Are to Be Said 23 Feb. 24 June. 24 Oct. Vespers are to be sung every day with...
Little Hours (XVIII:2)
CHAPTER XVIII. In What Order the Psalms Are to Be Said 22 Feb. 23 June. 23 Oct. At Tierce, Sext and None on Monday are...
Via, Veritas, et Vita (XVIII:1)
CHAPTER XVIII. In What Order the Psalms Are to Be Said 21 Feb. 22 June. 22 Oct. First of all let this verse be said:...
Deus in adjutorium meum intende (XVII)
I find this image of Saint Dominic at prayer so expressive of the Deus in adjutorium that I had to use it, even though it...
At All Times and in All Places: Praise (XVI)
CHAPTER XVI. How the Work of God is to Be Done in the Daytime 19 Feb. 20 June. 20 Oct. As the prophet saith: “Seven...
I set thee apart for myself
Yesterday, at the invitation of the Chancellor of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Malta in Ireland, I offered Holy Mass and...
So Great a Cloud of Witnesses (XIV)
CHAPTER XIV. How the Night-Office is to Be Said on Saints’ Days 17 Feb. 18 June. 18 Oct. On the Festivals of Saints, and all...
Blessed M-Jean-Joseph Lataste, O.P. and Saint Joseph
Blessed Marie-Jean-Joseph Lataste, O.P. Ten months before his death on March 10, 1869, Father Marie Jean-Joseph Lataste, O.P. pronounced a very special vow. His desire...
Pater noster qui es in caelis
CHAPTER XIII. How Lauds Are to Be Said on Weekdays 16 Feb. 17 June. 17 Oct. The Office of Lauds and Vespers, however, must never...
Splendor paternae gloriae
CHAPTER XIII. How Lauds Are to be Said on Weekdays 15 Feb. 16 June. 16 Oct. On week-days let Lauds be celebrated in the manner...