Non transalpinare necesse est
Non te opportet, o homo, maria transfretare, non penetrare nubes, non transalpinare necesse est. Non grandis, inquam, tibi ostenditur via: usque ad temetipsum occurre Deo...
Deus, in adjutorium meum intende
The Divine Office I am eager to address a number of questions that readers have raised about the Divine Office but, given that a good...
Invenisti gratiam apud Deum
Advent and the Annunciation Our Lady, the glorious Virgin of Isaiah’s prophecy (Is 7:14), is everywhere present in the liturgy of Advent, and this from...
Re-enrolling in the Church’s School of Prayer
Today’s Collect Da, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus, hanc tuis fidelibus voluntatem, ut, Christo tuo venienti iustis operibus occurentes, eius dexterae sociati, regnum mereantur possidere caeleste. Almighty...
A Prayer for Priests
O LORD JESUS CHRIST, Who hast commanded that the men whom Thou hast called and set apart for the service of Thy holy altars, should...
Those Noble Hymns
Those noble hymns, which had solaced anchorites on their mountains, monks in their cells, priests in bearing up against the burden and heat of the...
At the service of all those touched by grace
The Suitable and the Unsuitable There is much discussion in ecclesiastical and monastic circles about the discernment of vocations. One gets the impression, at times,...
And Yet That Wounded Side Sheds Grace
The hymn at Vespers of Christ the King evokes both the feast of Corpus Christi and that of the Sacred Heart. This is consonant with...
We Are Thine and Thine We Wish to Be
“We institute the Feast of the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ to be observed yearly throughout the whole world. . . . We further...
Prophetic Words of Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius XI promulgated this text on December 11, 1925, in the Encyclical Quas Primas, instituting the feast of Christ the King. Read it, if...
My Name is Thomas Aquinas
An Amazing Story Madrid, Nov 12, 2008 / 09:21 pm (CNA).- The Spanish daily “La Razon” has published an article on the pro-life conversion of...
Seeking the Intercession of Father Lukas
I am beginning today a novena to Father Lukas Etlin, O.S.B., a monk of Conception Abbey known for his tender devotion to the Mother of...
Christ in His Mysteries
A Book for Advent and for the Whole Liturgical Year Advent is but a fortnight away. For many years I have had the practice of...
Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity
Today is also the feast of Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity. These words of hers are not unlike those of her sister in Carmel, Thérèse...
Sancta Maria in Sabbato
Our Lady’s Day Every Saturday of the Blessed Virgin Mary brings with it a fresh infusion of grace. One cannot commemorate the Immaculate Mother of...
When Christ Dwelleth in Us
In this morning’s lesson at Matins (Votive Office of the Most Blessed Sacrament on Thursday), Saint Cyril of Alexandria addresses those who would stay away...
Pope Benedict XVI: Preacher of the Holy Mysteries
The Book I’ve Been Waiting For Heartfelt thanks to Sandro Magister and to translator Matthew Sherry for this brilliant presentation of Homilies. The Liturgical Year...
Parce, Domine
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A Drop of Water in the Wine
Twenty-Ninth Saturday II Mass de Beata in Sabbato Ephesians 4:7-16 Psalm 121: 1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5 Luke 13:1-9 In the Light of the Ascension Today’s Epistle...
This nation soaked in the blood of the innocent
There have been more than 40 million abortions in the United States since 1973. HEART OF JESUS, formed by the Holy Spirit in the womb...