The Holy Father Preaches: Grace and Penitence
I translated this small section of the spontaneous homily given by the Holy Father on the morning of Thursday, April 15, 2010, during a Mass...
Interpellans pro nobis Christus Pontifex noster
Today’s Collect O God, who for the salvation of the world, brought about the paschal sacrifice, be favourable to the supplications of your people, that...
Feria Quarta Post Dominica II Paschae
This is the icon of the Holy Face in our monastic oratory. Photo by Becky Loper. Ut, quod fide recolimus, perpetua dilectione capiamus Second Wednesday...
My Lord and My God!
Second Sunday of Pascha Acts 4: 32-35 Psalm 117: 2-4. 15c-16b and 17-18, 22-24 (r. 1) 1 John 5: 1-7 John 20:19-31 The Day the...
Eduxit Dominus populum suum
Saturday of Pascha “Sabbatum in Albis Depositis” The Lord brought forth His people with joy, alleluia: and His chosen ones with gladness, alleluia, alleluia. V....
Aqua Sapientiae
Tuesday of Pascha Proper of the Mass Those of you who follow the preaching of our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, will have noticed how...
Holy Pascha
The Vigil Christ is risen! Last night, as we kept the great and solemn vigil, “the mother of all vigils,” the brightest Eucharist of the...
Dominicis Passionis Sacramenta
Tuesday of Holy Week The Collect for Holy Tuesday merits special attention. The dominicis passionis sacramenta are the sacred signs and rites by which the...
Saint Bernard on the Wounds of Christ
Where can the weak find a place of firm security and peace, except in the wounds of the Savior? Indeed, the more secure is my...
Into the Harbour of the Sacred Passion
A Word Out of Silence The chant of the Passion plunges us into silence. The Word has been silenced. Only a fool would dare to...
Letter to a Brother Priest
Dear Father X, You asked me the other day to write something that would encourage you to be faithful to your daily Eucharistic adoration. Here...
For the Church in Ireland
After reading, in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, the Holy Father’s beautiful letter to the faithful of Ireland, I was moved to intercede in...
Mediatrix of Grace for Every Contrite Sinner
Dear friends, let us learn from the Lord Jesus not to judge and not to condemn our neighbor. Let us learn to be intransigent with...
Prayer to Saint Joseph for Priests
O glorious Saint Joseph, who, on the word of the angel speaking to you in the night, put fear aside to take your Virgin Bride...
Mass of Saint Patrick, Principal Patron of Ireland
I thought it might be interesting, in time for tomorrow, to present the Proper Mass for Saint Patrick, Principal Patron of Ireland, as given in...
Where our paths converge
Learn From the Saints Yes, Our Lord would have you learn from His saints. It is good to study the saints and receive their teachings....
An Hermeneutic of Priestly Continuity
I was inspired to offer a little commentary on the brilliant address that the Holy Father gave this morning to the International Theological Conference, “Fidelity...
Saint Joseph, Advocate and Defender
We began praying the novena to Saint Joseph this evening after Compline. Here is another version of one of the novena prayers to Saint Joseph,...
In our struggle with the powers of darkness
Joseph Like his baptismal patron, Saint Joseph, our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, seems, at times, to stand alone in the night. One has the...
Benedictine Oblates
Oratory of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle Our First Meeting On Sunday afternoon a group of four men and three women participated...