The Last Great Day of the Feast
The September New Year In a previous post we noted that September is a sort of New Year, and that it also marks Rosh Hashanah,...
“He Took Me In His Arms and Placed Me There” — Abandonment and the Prophet Job
September, marked in many parts of the world by the changing of the seasons and the colours of nature, is marked in the Divine Office...
The Most Holy Name of Mary
Victory in the Name of Mary In 1683 Pope Innocent XI extended the existing Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary to the universal...
The Vigil of the Nativity of Mary
A Collect for the Vigil of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary ANT. Crastina die in ascensu diluculi egredietur stella ex Jacob divini luminis...
Christ’s Manifestation in Mary
Stella Ista The fifth antiphon for the Epiphany is a sweet, yet somehow haunting, seventh mode melody. As it is sung again and again, at...
The Blessed Virgin Mary Compared to the Moon
September 5, O Luna Tota Pulchra ANT. O Luna tota pulchra et sine macula, semper gratia et gloria plena! Luna perfecta in æternum! Luna splendidissima...
Mary and the Light of the First Day
Light like a Nebula The creation of light on the first day, three days before the creation of the sun, exerts a certain fascination upon...
The Blessed Virgin, Holy in the Womb of St. Anne
September 3, O Ignis ANT. O Ignis effulgens et inextinguibilis! Ignis inflammans et illuminans! Ignis divinæ caritatis, qui in utero lates beatissimæ Annæ! Veni, appare...
The Deifying Light and Mary, the Mount of God
The Deifying Light Selection of the Rule of St. Benedict for January 2, May 3, September 2 Let us arise, therefore, at long last, at...
The Presignation of Mary in the Old Law
September 1, O Radius ANT. O Radius divinæ claritatis, candor lucis æternæ, splendidior sole lumineque pulchrior, Virgo Maria! Noli tardare, cito veni, et illumina mentes...
O Antiphons for the Marian New Year
New Beginnings “Nunc coepi!” cries out St. Josemaria Escriva, ” now I begin!” “This,” he writes, “is the cry of a soul in love which, at...
The Litany of Divine Providence
An Original Latin Version Long time readers will know that we posted previously the Litany of Divine Providence. If you have visited for None, you know...
Mectilde de Bar: On the Solemnity of Thursday
In this splendid text entitled “On the Solemnity of Thursday,” Mother Catherine–Mectilde de Bar pours out her soul in a torrent of amazement and thanksgiving...
The Most Pure Heart of Mary
Blessed Are the Pure in Heart In the Beatitudes, Jesus, the Son of Mary, gives us the key that unlocks for us the mystery of...
The Anniversary of a Heavenly Friend
“O Jesus, I surrender myself completely to Thy mysterious workings in my soul. I am nothing, and I am worth nothing without Thee. Give me...
Yvonne-Aimée
The Anniversary of a Heavenly Friend July 16th is the 119th birthday of the death of one of my dearest heavenly friends: Mother Yvonne-Aimée de...
Divine Mercy and the Monastic Vocation
Disclaimer: The series of letters entitled “Correspondence on the Monastic Vocation”, while based on the real questions of a number of men in various places...
Letters, tokens, or any gifts whatsoever (LIV)
CHAPTER LIV. Whether a Monk ought to receive letters, or tokens 6 Apr. 6 Aug. 6 Dec. By no means let a monk be allowed...
Saint Joseph and Mother Mectilde
Here again is a translation of the account of Saint Joseph’s apparition to Mother Mectilde de Bar on 19 March 1653. Mother Mectilde, very much...
Abbot Celestino Maria Colombo, O.S.B. (1874–1935)
On the Anniversary of the Death of Abbot Celestino Maria Colombo, O.S.B. September 24, 2019 marks the anniversary of the death of Abbot Celestino Maria...