Letter to a brother on the way
How many greater gifts will come to you in the truly blessed life that lies before us, is, I must admit, beyond my capacity to...
Friend of the Church in Oklahoma
Let us profit of Holy Mass to address to God our ardent prayers to draw upon ourselves and upon the Indian and Black peoples the...
Votive Mass of the Passion of Our Lord
It is customary in some places to offer the Votive Mass of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ or to keep the Commemoration of...
A Life Offered for Priests
Commemoration of Blessed Marie de Jésus Deluil Martiny, Virgin Although today is Sexagesima Sunday, I cannot let it pass without remembering Blessed Marie de Jésus,...
The Orations for the Gift of Tears
A reader of Vultus Christi who signs himself “Mark of the Vineyard” asked that I post something about the so-called Votive Mass for the Gift...
Votive Mass of the Prayer in the Garden
Among the beautiful Votive Masses of the Passion, found in some missals for certain weekdays after Septuagesima and through Lent, is that of The Prayer...
Confidence in God’s love
Today (in the traditional Benedictine calendar) is the feast of Saint Peter Damian, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (1007-1072). Monk, cardinal, and reformer, Saint...
Bernadette
Although the Roman Martyrology commemorates the anniversary of Saint Bernadette’s death on April 16th, her liturgical memorial is kept on February 18th at Lourdes itself,...
Thursday Adoration & Reparation for Priests
A reminder that it is fitting to dedicate every Thursday to adoration and reparation for priests: one hour spent in the radiance of Our Lord’s...
The terrible glory of the priesthood
Reading Canon Eugène Masure’s book, “Parish Priest” (Fides, 1955) I fell upon this remarkable passage: It is not only at the Last Supper and on...
Praying with Mother Yvonne-Aimée
Is this not a lovely photo of the young Yvonne Beauvais? There is a mysterious beauty in the purity of her gaze. Already, she belonged...
Et misericordia eius a progenie in progenies
Coincidence? It is quite remarkable that the 30th anniversary of the death of Marthe Robin should occur one week after the 60th anniversary of the...
Like the Dove in the Cleft of the Rock
The Open Side of Jesus Crucified Look at this remarkable painting of Jesus Crucified. The focus of the composition is the wound in His Sacred...
Marthe Robin (1902–1981)
Today is the 30th anniversary of the death of the Servant of God, Marthe Robin. In 1982 I had the privilege of making a retreat...
Cardinal Says Eucharistic Adoration Urgent
Thanks to Monsignor Michael Palud for calling my attention to this. For Cardinal Canizares’ complete French text go here. I wish I had time today...
Forty Hours: An Appeal
Unrest and Rumours of War At the risk of sounding alarmist and apocalyptic, I am compelled to make this appeal. The distressing events in Egypt...
Holy Father Presents Catechism for Youth
Clearly, this is a message coming from the Holy Father’s heart. “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the...
Blessed Scalabrini on Eucharistic Adoration
I have great admiration for Blessed Giovanni Battista Scalabrini (1839-1905), Bishop of Piacenza and founder of the Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles for...
Some are called to flight, others to fight
Cardinal Mercier quotes Saint Bernard saying: Men of the cloister, be not too quick to judge those who, being obliged to live in the midst...
The Diocesan Priest: A Religious?
Photo: Don Andrea Sartoro (born 7 September 1945, Priverno, Italy — died 5 February 2006) was a diocesan priest murdered in Santa Maria Church in...