Saint Bartholomew, the Simple Apostle
A Learned Rabbi Today is the feast of Saint Bartholomew, the apostle whose other name is Nathanael. A native of Cana in Galilee and a...
Surprised by the Gospel . . . again
Saint Bartholomew’s Gospel I find it curious that, for the feast of Saint Bartholomew, the Roman Missal does not give the passage from Saint John’s...
Window in Memory of Father Willie Doyle, S.J.
In County Louth A dear friend of the priory wrote me the other day to say that, thanks to my post on Father Willie Doyle,...
O Doctor Mellifluus
Inflamed With Zeal The liturgy describes Saint Bernard as a man all ablaze with zeal for the house of the Lord. The little phrase, “inflamed...
So intimate an alliance
Priestly Union with the Blessed Virgin Mary Today, 19 August, is the feast of Saint John Eudes, priest and ardent mystic of the Hearts of...
To Be Led By the Hand of God
“Whatever did not fit in with my plan did lie within the plan of God. I have an ever deeper and firmer belief that nothing...
A Deacon Exorcist and Martyr
The image depicts a 16th century wood polychrome statue of a smiling Saint Cyriacus. Note the lovely green dalmatic and golden maniple he is wearing....
Saint John Mary Vianney, Priest
For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men (1 Cor 1:25). A Man Sent by...
Act of Consecration to Jesus, King of Love
This morning, following the blessing of the statue of Jesus King of Love at the end of Holy Mass, we made the following Act of...
Pope Benedict XVI: Saint Alphonsus on Prayer
Yesterday, the Holy Father spoke of Saint Alphonsus Maria de’ Liguori, Doctor of the Church, and his simple, direct teachings on prayer for Everyman. Saint...
One must have friendships in life
Father Paul Labutte was Mother Yvonne-Aimée’s beloved spiritual son and friend. He met her in 1927 when he was a 19 year old seminarian. Yvonne...
A Gentle Insistence
Image of Our Lady of Kibeho, Mother of the Word When Mary Asks It sometimes happens that a soul will sense that Our Lady is...
The Knowledge of the Glory of God
2 Corinthians 4:7-15 Psalm 125: 1-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 Matthew 20:20-28 Treasure in Earthen Vessels “We have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that...
Letter to a Novice Oblate IX
My very dear Novice Oblate, To Relieve the Poor This morning at Matins as I read an excerpt from the writings of Saint Vincent de...
Stories Written by the Hand of God
The Grace of the Liturgic Word In offering Holy Mass and in preaching here at the Monastère-Sainte-Anne de Montmahoux, I am profoundly moved at the...
Saint Romuld
Troparion of Saint Rumold Having come from the mists of green Ireland, to scatter the mists of impiety, thou didst evangelize, O Father Rumold, and...
Yesterday’s Antiphons
Yesterday, in the traditional calendar, was the Commemoration of Saint Paul, a way of giving the Doctor of the Gentiles equal honour with Saint Peter,...
Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
In a private audience yesterday with the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato, His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI...
God: a humble mercy, a merciful humility
For the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul Our monastic lectionary gives us, at the Office of Matins today, a splendid homily by the 12th...
Our Mother of Perpetual Help
By giving the icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help a place of honour in our homes, we accept her also into our hearts and...