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...
Adoratio 2011: Rome Conference
Toulon, France, 11th December 2010: The Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France, Msgr Dominique Rey, today announced a major international conference on Eucharistic Adoration to take place...
Grace, and Loveliness, and Joy
Gaudete Sunday The Four Introits of Advent We began Advent on the crest of a surging wave, an immense welling up of hope that lifted...
Hope of Thy Children Scarred by Sin
Power of the Mother With the Son For if “God heareth not sinners, but if a man be a worshipper of Him and do His...
Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas Between East and West The Church in East and West commemorates Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker on December 6th. The very first journey of...
Peering Through the Windows
Collect Almighty and everlasting God, who for the defence of the veneration of sacred images, didst endue blessed John with heavenly doctrine and wonderful strength...
The Holy Father on Mother Julian of Norwich
Pope Benedict’s weekly General Audiences are a comprehensive introduction to the “great cloud of witnesses” (Hebrews 12:1), whom the Church loves, venerates, and invokes. The...
In this night of catching nothing
A Feastday Gift A number of years ago, I composed music for a French Office hymn for the feast of Saint Andrew. It was a...
The Pope of a Eucharistic Springtime
Wednesday, 17 November 2010, General Audience Pope Benedict XVI You can imagine my joy upon reading the Holy Father’s latest catechesis, and his allusion to...
God can complete what He has begun
I have long been a friend of Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, or perhaps I should say that Saint Alphonsus, by some mysterious disposition of...
Adé Béthune (1914-2002)
I had the privilege of being apprenticed to Adé Béthune in the early 1970s. We remained good friends until her death. Adé was a person...
Plus dare non potuit
The image depicts Saint Francesco Caracciolo (1563-1608) in prayer before the Most Blessed Sacrament. Saint Francesco Caracciolo is also the patron saint of Italian cooks;...
Health, Suffering, and Holiness
“The teaching of Brother Immacolato was implicit in the very condition of his life. He demonstrated, and continues to say to men, especially if they...
Votive Mass of Saint Joseph Today
This morning, being a ferial Wednesday, we had the Votive Mass of Saint Joseph. Why? This past week, we were in need of funds to...