Corpus Domini
The Octave of Corpus Domini, culminating on the solemnity of the Sacred of Jesus, is a time of immense graces for the Church and, in...
Corpus Domini 2012
Here, in English translation, is the Holy Father’s homily at the Mass of Corpus Domini last evening in Rome. Il culto dell’Eucaristia e la sua...
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
I preached this homily some years ago. Here it is again. The icon depicts Our Lady of the Cenacle’s adoration of the Eucharistic Face of...
53 Years Ago: My First Holy Communion
This photograph was taken on the day of my First Holy Communion. Left to right: my dear little neighbour friend Brigitte Folz, at that time...
Wasting the Precious Ointment
Yesterday morning (2 June 2012), during the very lengthy and rich Liturgy for Ember Saturday in Whitsun (Pentecost) Week, I preached to a group of...
Men Who Are Able to Help the Sick in Mind
How I love to read the homilies of Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, at the Office of Matins, in the silent hours before daybreak. Today,...
Immersed in Eternal and Unshakeable Love
The Holy Father is continuing his series of catecheses on prayer during the weekly Wedneday audience. Last Wednesday, 30 May, the Holy Father gave the...
Third Letter to Wilfrid on Prayer
My dear Wilfrid, Emptiness, Darkness, and Doubts It has been some time since l wrote you last. You tell me that, since that last letter,...
In the company of friends
Here is a translation of the Holy Father’s words to the Cardinals who shared his table for pranzo on Monday. The pranzo was an expression...
Feast of Our Lady of the Cenacle
Turn to Mary The Invitatory for today’s feast —Our Lady of the Cenacle—is drawn from the first chapter of the Acts of the Apostles: Alleluia!...
Prime Time
Prime Back in the late 1940s and 50s, when, in synergy with the Liturgical and Biblical renewals, the Benedictine Oblateship was enjoying something of a...
Our Lady of the Cenacle
My dear Oblate family, Praying Before Dawn I arose very early this morning, before dawn while it was still dark , and made my way...
Gardening for God
My very dear friend, author Jane Mossendew has written a little jewel of a book, just in time for spring and summer garden work: Gardening...
When weakness becomes true prayer
Yesterday at the Wednesday General Audience, our Holy Father offered this profound and comforting teaching on prayer in the Letters of Saint Paul. I cannot...
On behalf of all Thy priests
This evening here in Knock, it was very humbling, and an immense joy to hear thirty or more priests from various parts of Ireland pray...
Cardinal Mercier on Prayer
Désiré-Joseph Cardinal Mercier (1851-1926) was Archbishop of Malines, Belgium from 1906 until his death. Besides the heroic leadership he demonstrated during World War I, Cardinal...
Our Lady of Knock
I am going off to Knock today, having been invited there to address a gathering of Irish priests on the subject of Eucharistic adoration. I...
Vultum tuum, Domine, requiro
For the feast of Saint Anselm, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, here is a selection from Chapter One of the Proslogion of Saint Anselm...
The Rule of Saint Benedict: A School for Bishops
Are There Any Bishops Among My Readers? Saint Anselm’s pastoral qualities as a bishop surely originated in his experience as abbot of Bec. On 21...
Converted ever anew
The Lord brought forth His people with joy, alleluia: and His chosen ones with gladness, alleluia, alleluia. V. Give glory to the Lord, and call...