Homily for Quinquagesima Sunday
☩ PAX Homily 2 March 2025 Quinquagesima Sunday Domine, ut videam.—‘O Lord, that I may see.’ Setting forth on a journey Today, as we...
The Feast and Mother Mectilde’s Act of Reparation
Feast of Reparation Today in Mectildian Monasteries is the Great Feast of Reparation. Though not exclusive to the Benedictines of Perpetual Adoration – at one...
Mother Mectilde and Adoration, Part V: In the Crucible of Love
This is part V in our series of articles about how Mother Mectilde began the life of the Benedictines of the Perpetual Adoration. Click...
Chapter 1: How Francis Was Born and Came to be Called Francis
Chapter 1: How Francis Was Born and Came to be Called Francis Francis’ father was named Pietro, the son of the merchant Bernardone. Unlike Francis’...
Mother Mectilde and Adoration, Part IV: All that Paradise Loves and Adores
This is part IV in our series of articles about how Mother Mectilde began the life of the Benedictines of the Perpetual Adoration. Click here...
Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple
☩ PAX Homily 19 January 2025 Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple/2nd Sunday after Epiphany Ecce pater tuus et ego dolentes quaerebamus te....
23 January: The Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Winter Constellation The Church (who was both born and, largely, came of age north of the Equator) is not insensitive to the darkness and...
Mother Mectilde and Adoration, Part III: All Things Work Together unto Good
This is part III in our series of articles about how Mother Mectilde began the life of the Benedictines of the Perpetual Adoration. Click here...
The Holy Family Consecration of Silverstream Priory to Saint Joseph
Devotion to the Holy Family began with the modern conception of the family that seems to have begun to develop in the High Middle Ages...
Clare Crockett, Serva Dei
A New Servant of God Tomorrow, 12 January, at 5:30 p.m. (4:30 p.m. GMT), Sister Clare Crockett’s cause of canonization is set to be opened...
The Name by Which We Are Saved
Homily for 5 January 2025 Most Holy Name of Jesus Non est in alio aliquo salus, nec enim aliud nomen est sub caelo datum hominibus,...
The Story of Mother Mectilde and the Vocation of Perpetual Adoration, Part II
This is part II in our series of articles about how Mother Mectilde began the life of the Benedictines of the Perpetual Adoration. Click here...
On the Solemnity of Thursday, Part II (Cont.): Weekly Pascha
We at Vultus Christi are gradually going through Mother Mectilde’s conference ‘On the Solemnity of Thursday’. The conference was originally published in The Mystery of...
On the Solemnity of Thursday, Part II: Sons of the Host
We at Vultus Christi are gradually going through Mother Mectilde’s conference ‘On the Solemnity of Thursday’. The conference was originally published in The Mystery of...
The Story of Mother Mectilde and the Vocation of Perpetual Adoration
Mother Mectilde’s Birthday In honour of the 410th birthday of the foundress of our charism that we celebrate today, we will be posting over the...
The Legend of Saint Francis: Prologue
The Legend of St Francis: Index of all postsThe Legend: Prologue Ad Laudem et Gloriam Dei, Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti. Amen. It is...
The Cast Off Christmas Tree — A Christmas-Lenten Children’s Book
Saints throughout history — like St Francis and St Thérèse — have never ceased marveling with amazement and awe at the Littleness of God. We...
The Cross at the Threshold of the Year
The cross has become something more than a historical memory; it does convey, almost as by a mathematical diagram, the truth about the real point...
You Take Care of It: 84 Years of the Surrender Prayer
Pensaci Tu! 84 years ago, on 27 November, 1940, Don Dolindo Ruotolo, after decades of long suffering, received what has become known in recent years...
Homily for the 5th Sunday After Epiphany Resumed
The following is a transcript of the homily given at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle at Silverstream Priory last Sunday. The Mass...