He went in, and took her by the hand
The 23rd Sunday After Pentecost Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 9,18-26. As he was speaking these things unto them, behold a...
Prayer and Fasting
In the Sight of the Nations The impending presidential elections in the United States, and also the plight of Christians affected by the conflict in...
Be nothing and await all from God
This text of Mother Mectilde demonstrates her assimilation of the purest monastic doctrine. The beautiful image of Mother Mectilde is a detail of the painting...
A Few Souls Weep
Exposition and Adoration Not long ago, on a Friday evening, while visiting a major international Marian shrine recognized by the Holy See, I attended exposition...
The Grace of Things Unplanned
Control Recently, I was led to think about the significance of surprises or, if you will, the grace of things unplanned and unforeseen. Having persevered...
Surrendered to the Power of Fruitful Love
Richard to the Rescue Richard Chonak, Vultus Christi‘s genial webmaster and a dear friend, was kind enough to put his gifts at our service by...
Livrée à la puissance de son amour fécond
Dimanche, 21 octobre 2012 Monastère Saint-Jacques Homélie prononcée à l’occasion du jubilé de 60 ans de profession monastique dans la Congrégation des Bénédictines de Jésus...
Credo
Here is the Holy Father’s first Catechesis of the Year of Faith, given at this morning’s General Audience. It seems to me that during the...
The Sacred Heart in Margaret’s Kitchen
A Family Story My Irish grandmother’s Christian name was Margaret Mary. As one might expect, a framed picture of the Sacred Heart figured prominently in...
La dottrina della Chiesa è “certa e immutabile”
The Council did not formulate anything new in matters of faith, nor did it wish to replace what was ancient. (Pope Benedict XVI) Here is...
Annus Fidei
Thursday, 11 October, the feast of the Divine Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, opens the Year of Faith. The Credo of the People of...
Father Willie Doyle: Scruples and Their Treatment
More than one reader has shared with me that the most helpful thing written on scruples and their treatment is a little pamphlet by Father...
Letter to a Soul Suffering from Scrupulosity
Just the other day someone suffering from scrupulosity wrote me, asking for counsel. Reading through the Letters of Saint John of Avila, our new Doctor...
When God Answers Prayers
I took this photograph of a moss-covered stone crucifix while visiting the Hill of Slane for the first time last October with my friend, Father...
Counsels of Saint John of Avila
The Quest for a Spiritual Father It often happens that souls will lament their failure to find a spiritual father or, more often than not,...
I pay all my debts from Christ’s merits
When you place yourself in God’s presence, endeavour rather to listen to Him, than to speak to Him, and strive more to love Him, than...
Let us Fix Our Gaze Upon Christ
Homily of Pope Benedict XVI Opening of the 13th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelisation 7 October 2012 Dear...
Call for Reparation
This morning I received the following message from a friend here in County Louth, Ireland: We have a spiritual disaster in our parish of Ardee...
Repose in the Heart of Jesus
In this letter to her friend, Marguerite, the beleaguered Duchess of Orléans, Mother Mectilde du Saint-Sacrement instructs her on the inner repose and joy that...
Thérèse Sent Us Roses
Surprise We completed our novena to Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face today. All during the novena I was expecting...