Triduum to Saint Thérèse
O glorious Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face, cherished child of the Father, virgin espoused to the Son, humble Doctor...
Triduum to Saint Thérèse
I ask all the readers of Vultus Christi to join with me in saying the following prayer for the next three days for a very...
Supplica to Saint Vincent de Paul
Given that we follow the old calendar here at the monastery, it completely slipped my mind that, in the new calendar, today is the feast...
Only God Himself, His Word and His Signs
I do not have time to write my reflections on this address of the Holy Father. My prayer is that Catholics the world over will...
Where God is, There Is a Future
How I wish that the Holy Father’s words on September 23rd at the Marian sanctuary of Etzelsbach might reach every Catholic on earth. Tolle et...
The Call of Matthew According to Caravaggio
Caravaggio’s “Call of Matthew” is a meditatio on the lectio of today’s Gospel. It gives rise to oratio and leads to contemplatio. I am amazed...
Another Novena to Blessed Abbot Marmion
Today is the last day of our Novena to Blessed Columba Marmion. We offer thanks for his intercession and — we have decided to begin...
Novena to Blessed Columba Marmion
September 10 –18, 2011 Dear friends and readers of Vultus Christi, We continue our novena, recommending these intentions to Our Lord through the intercession of...
Reparation for those who are without love
Today I conclude my translation of Mother Mectilde’s introduction to her Constitutions on the Rule of Saint Benedict adding again, something in the way of...
Supplica to Saint Thérèse
A Supplica is a prayer of supplication composed according to a certain literary genre that remains popular in Italy to this day. The most famous...
A Vocation’s Unexpected Turns
Birth, Passion, Death Each year the Church gives us two feastdays of Saint John the Baptist: the first on June 24th to mark his nativity,...
The Things That Are Above
A Commentary on the Mass of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary There is no better way to enter into the mystery of any...
Adoration and Reparation for Priests
Today I am continuing my translation of Mother Mectilde’s introduction to her Constitutions on the Rule of Saint Benedict and, once again, adding something in...
Did anyone else notice this?
The Modification of a Collect A few days ago, on the feast of Saint Jean-Marie Vianney, the holy Curé of Ars, I preached on the...
Should diocesan priests live in community?
“I believe that celibacy becomes a very meaningful sign, and above all becomes possible to live, when priests begin to form communities. It is important...
Irish Litany to the Mother of God
(Translated from the Irish of the Eighth Century.) O GREAT MARY, Mary, greatest of Marys, Most great of women, Queen of the angels, Mistress of...
A Eucharistic Intercession
This prayer may be a suitable intercession for souls in need of a deeper experience of Our Lord’s real presence in the Sacrament of His...
A Petrine Heritage
Driving up the mountain today with Padre Antonio, O.F.M., the Guardian of the Convento of Santa Maria Occorevole, we talked about the origins of Christianity...
Saint Michael the Archangel
The devotion to Saint Michael the Archangel is very strong in Campania. It would seem that the Basilian Monks, who fled Greece to settle in...
Maria Santissima del Bagno
Last night’s festivities in honour of la Madonna del Bagno began with Holy Mass at 7:00 p.m. The Father Guardian of the Franciscan Solitude of...