Searching the Scriptures
Francesco di Giorgio Martin (1439-1502) painted this disrobing of Our Lord in His Passion. The youthful aspect of Christ recalls Joseph, who was also stripped...
Recordare
Wednesday Within the Second Week of Lent Jeremiah 18: 18-20 Matthew 20: 17-28 Beata Passio On Sunday last we celebrated the Transfiguration of the Lord....
Et ad salutaria dirigatur
Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent Isaiah 1:10, 16-20 Iacta cogitatum tuum, GR, 92. Matthew 23: 1-12 Sighs Too Deep for Words Today’s Collect...
To Thee Belong Mercy and Forgiveness
Monday Within the Second Week of Lent Daniel 9:4-10 Luke 6: 36-38 I Set My Face to the Lord I don’t know why the editors...
The Mother of the Lamb and a Holy Priest
First Saturday of the Month Today is the First Saturday of March, an opportunity to draw near to the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary....
Who Is On Your “E” List?
Saturday of the First Week of Lent Deuteronomy 26:16-19 Psalm 118: 1-2, 4-5, 7-8 Matthew 5:43-48 The Spirit of Compunction If yesterday’s Gospel pierced your...
The Sin That Voids Every Virtue
Friday of the First Week of Lent Ezekiel 18:21-28 Psalm 129:1-2, 3-4, 5-7a, 7bc-8 Matthew 5:20-26 Anger Today Our Lord addresses the sin of anger....
Feast of the Via Crucis
In the traditional Franciscan calendar, the First Friday of March is kept as the feast of the Via Crucis, the Way of the Cross. The...
Esther: An Image of the Church
Thursday of the First Week of Lent Esther C:12, 14-16, 23-25 Psalm 137: 1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8 Matthew 7:7-12 Women of Lent Yesterday the queen of...
The Disruptive Grace of Lent
Wednesday of the First Week of Lent Jonah 3:1-10 Psalm 50;3-4, 12-13, 18-19 Luke 11:29-32 I can’t resist adding a word about this portrait of...
Lent and Lectio Divina
Tuesday of the First Week of Lent Isaiah 55:10-11 Psalm 33:4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19 Matthew 6:7-15 Lectio and Oratio Today’s Mass invites us to focus...
Pope John Paul II, Intercessor for Priests
A priest said yesterday that since he began reciting daily this prayer to the Servant of God Pope John Paul II, he has received everything...
Praying for Conversion
Monday of the First Week of Lent Convert us, O God our salvation, and, so that we may profit by this work of forty days,...
So, what do you do all day?
Daffodils Blooming Under the Chapel Window Some folks do wonder what I do all day. This week I am especially blessed to have two priests...
Iesu, Quadragenarie
Vespers II Jesus! You taught and sanctified Observance of this Lenten tide; Be pleased our fast to consecrate, And by it mend our broken state....
Zeal Begins Its Life in Silent Thought and Fear
A Tale of Two Cardinals Before writing about Saint Peter Damian whose feast we are keeping today, I want to acknowledge the birthday of the...
Hide Not Thy Face From Me
Pray the Chaplet Another form of prayer suitable for the Novena of the Holy Face is the Chaplet of the Eucharistic Face of Jesus. Pray...
Novena of the Holy Face of Jesus
A Day Rich in Graces • Today, February 15th, is Sexagesima Sunday. In Rome the stational church is the Basilica of Saint Paul-Outside-the-Walls. This is...
Mine It Is to Save
“Of the sins cast into the fire of my Heart nothing remains — they are completely annihilated — not reduced to ashes — but utterly...
For All the Priests of the World
An Inspired Prayer Yesterday, being Thursday, the day of adoration and reparation for priests, I posted a passage pertaining to the priesthood from the writings...