Cardinal Piacenza on Priestly Celibacy, Part I
In the context of a three-day conference (24-25-26 January 2011) on Priestly Celibacy, organized by the Society of John Mary Vianney and the Shrine of...
Let us test and examine our ways
Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord! (Lamentations 3:40) Again: Time for An Intervention I originally wrote this post last...
With Eyes Fixed on Thee
Thursday Thursday is the weekly rememoration of the mysteries of the Cenacle: Our Lord’s washing the feet of His Apostles; the High Priestly Prayer given...
Grazie per una grazia ricevuta da Sant’Antonio
Saint Anthony came through again yesterday, and in an amazing way. He is a faithful friend and intercessor. Glorioso Sant’Antonio, tu hai esercitato il divino...
Votive Mass of the Holy Angels
Ferial Tuesdays The Roman Missal indicates that the Votive Mass of the Holy Angels is suitable for Tuesdays when no other celebration of higher rank...
Père Garrigou-Lagrange on Psalmody
Father Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange’s remarkable teaching on liturgical prayer in The Three Ages of the Interior Life is a suitable complement to yesterday’s post on psalmody....
On the Psalmody of the Divine Office
Last October I was invited to speak at the National Assembly of the Conference of Major Superiors of Women Religious in Belleville, Illinois. My subject...
SPERA IN DEO
The Extraordinary Ordinary It sometimes happen that, even on the greatest feasts, a word or phrase from the Ordinary of the Mass (the unchanging parts)...
Christmas Visitor
On Christmas Eve, we had the joy of welcoming Mr. and Mrs. Erik Ellis and their daughter, Elizabeth (Betty), for Matins and a festive meal....
Saint John the Evangelist
A Liturgical Theology of the Trinity On Christmas Day, with the reading of Saint John’s Prologue, our eyes were fixed on the Light, the Word...
Ex Corde Patris
It has already been called “monumental.” I pray that the Holy Father’s address will find the audience that it deserves. This a text that every...
Il Volto dei Volti: Quello di Cristo
The Face of All Faces — That of Christ Our Holy Father’s Message for 2011 World Day of the Sick The Vatican press office published...
Prayer to Saint Joseph for Priests
The Holy Father’s words inspired me to share with you, dear readers, my own Prayer to Saint Joseph for Priests. O glorious Saint Joseph, who,...
Holy Father Entrusts Pastors to Saint Joseph
Today, at the Angelus, the Holy Father said: The Perspective of Saint Joseph On this fourth Sunday of Advent the Gospel of St. Matthew tells...
His Co-Worker in My Redemption
As a reading for the Second Nocturn, the Solesmes Monastic Lectionary for the Hours (1993) gives for today the magnificent prayer of Saint Ildephonsus of...
Follow the Way of Beauty
On 17 December 2010 Pope Benedict XVI addressed the Pontifical Academies during their 15th Public Session on “The Assumption of Mary, Sign of Consolation and...
O Radix Iesse
O Radix Iesse is one of my favourite O Antiphons because it brings together the invocation of the Holy Spirit, the mystery of the Cross,...
Primary School of Prayer of the Heart
The Antiphons of the Final Days of Advent Today at Lauds the Church begins a series of proper antiphons for each day until Christmas. These...
Archbishop Paul S. Coakley
Today the Holy See announced the appointment of The Most Reverend Paul S. Coakley, the present Bishop of Salina, Kansas to the Metropolitan See of...
The Missa Aurea
During the Middle Ages, the Mass of the Missus Est — the first words of the Gospel of the Annunciation — on the Ember Wednesday...