No Secrets Between Friends
Mass Pro Eligendo Pontifice Homily of His Eminence, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger Dean of the College of Cardinals Vatican Basilica Monday 18 April 2005 Isaiah 61:1-3a....
FOR THE ELECTION OF THE ROMAN PONTIFF
Our monastery has prepared a Litany for the Election of the Roman Pontiff. We have begun praying it after Compline. You will find the link...
The Charge of Weakly Souls
When a Monk Needs Time Out At Chapter today we read the appointed passage from the Holy Rule. It was Chapter XXVII, on the care...
Into the Water with Naaman
Water We hear in today’s Lesson how Naaman the Syrian was cleansed of leprosy in the River Jordan. Naaman descended into the very water that...
Seeing Love in the Darkness
The ‘very beautiful’ of the sixth day–expressed by the creator–is always challenged in this world by evil, suffering, and corruption. It almost seems that evil...
Rosary Mysteries for the Sundays of Lent
Marialis Cultus The Rosary is a practice of piety which easily harmonizes with the liturgy. In fact, like the liturgy, it is of a community...
The Supreme Rule of the Council
Our Benedictine Pope In his address to the clergy of Rome last Thursday (14 February 2012), the Holy Father revealed something of his own profoundly...
Invenit eum in terra deserta
Christ Among the Wild Beasts by Moretto da Brescia (1498-1554) There are souls who, if they are to be seen by God and heard by...
The Face of the Church
Homily of His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, Ash Wednesday, 13 February 2013 Venerable Brothers, Dear Brothers and Sisters! Around the Tomb of the Apostle Peter...
Vir Dei, Benedictus
Votive Mass of Saint Benedict We had the Votive Mass of Saint Benedict today, offering the Holy Sacrifice, in a special way, for our Holy...
A Face Sometimes Revealed and Sometimes Veiled
“The consecrated life is a pilgrimage of the spirit in quest of a Face that is sometimes revealed and sometimes veiled: Faciem tuam, Domine, requiram.”...
The Holy Face of Christ Recognized in the Sick
How vitally important it is to receive the messages of the Holy Father in hearts that are humble and open! The Holy Father teaches indefatigably,...
On behalf of all and for all
Monasteries: An Indispensable Part of Society For well over a thousand years, Christians have turned to monasteries seeking the solace that comes from knowing that...
Caritas Christi urget nos
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI FOR LENT 2013 Believing in charity calls forth charity “We have come to know and to believe in the...
A Son of Ireland for the Whole Church
90th Anniversary Today is the 90th anniversary of the death of Blessed Columba Marmion, priest, abbot, and eminent Doctor of life in Christ. I am...
Sitting on the basket
Catholic Schadenfreude I grieve over the prevalence of the culture of Schadenfreude that modern technology facilitates. Schadenfreude is a kind of perverse delight taken in...
It is not good for man to be alone
Priestly Union with the Blessed Virgin Mary Today’s feast of the Espousal of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Joseph compels me to reflect on...
What are these wounds in thine hands?
Votive Mass of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ Yesterday (Friday) morning we had the Votive Mass of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus...
Benedict XVI: The Pope of the Face of God
Here is the text of the Holy Father’s General Audience of Wednesday, 16 January 2013. Again, he speaks to us of the Face of God....
Become Like a Consuming Fire
The First Benedictine Oblates In the Benedictine tradition, January 15th is the feast of the young disciples of Our Father Saint Benedict, Maur and Placid....