STM House of Prayer6 days ago8 minThe Perfect Novena to the Holy SpiritIt was on Monday or Tuesday of this past week that I started to see social media posts with links to novenas to the Holy Spirit. Initially I was disappointed...
STM House of PrayerApr 233 minRemember the Deeds of the LordWhile praying Morning Prayer yesterday (Wednesday in the Second Week of Easter), I was struck by the words of David in Psalm 77, “Will the Lord reject us for...
STM House of PrayerMar 214 minTOP 10 REASONS to Pray the Liturgy of the Hours (in a time like this!)We are living in strange times. I think it is safe to say that very few Catholics in the West would have ever imagined living through a time when they were p...
STM House of PrayerFeb 253 minPray with the Church this Lent!Alas, Lent has arrived! This time of year we inevitably hear questions being asked such as, Why Lent?,What is the purpose of Lent?, How can we get the most o...
STM House of PrayerJan 184 minThe Unsurpassable Greatness and Glory of the Sacred Liturgy (Part II)Solemn Vespers of Easter, London Oratory (newliturgicalmovement.org) In our first post, we established how it is through the Mass that the faithful come to s...
STM House of PrayerJan 164 minThe Unsurpassable Greatness and Glory of the Sacred Liturgy (Part I)This is part one of a two part essay on the relationship between the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the Divine Office, and how together they form the whole o...
STM House of PrayerDec 7, 20193 minPray with the Church this Advent!Come November, Christians can often be heard expressing their intentions to remain focused this year on the “reason for the season” instead of getting caught...
STM House of PrayerNov 15, 20193 minGuéranger and The Restoration of the OfficeIn the preface to his monumental work, The Liturgical Year (1841), Dom Prosper Guéranger speaks of the supernatural quality of the liturgical prayer of the C...
STM House of PrayerNov 1, 20192 minThe Praise of All SaintsOn this Solemnity of All Saints, we do well to remember that the Sacred Liturgy has as one of its primary aims to join all of us to the great heavenly host i...
STM House of PrayerOct 22, 20194 minSt John Paul II on the Liturgy of the HoursOn today' s Memorial of St John Paul II, it seems fitting to offer several of his quotes on the Liturgy of the Hours. In more ways than one, his pontificate ...
STM House of PrayerOct 20, 20193 minA Praise of GloryDuring our fall retreat a couple of weeks ago Father Joseph Mary, CSJ gave several conferences on the Psalms. Drawing from St Elizabeth of the Trinity, he re...
STM House of PrayerOct 8, 20193 minThe Liturgy of the Hours: A Public and Communal PrayerThe General Instructions on the Liturgy of the Hours state very clearly that the Liturgy of the Hours is not a “private function,” but “pertains to the whole...
STM House of PrayerSep 19, 20192 minCelebrating the Triumph of the CrossThis past Saturday, we celebrated the feast of the Triumph of the Cross (also known as the Exaltation of the Holy Cross) with Solemn Morning Prayer followed ...
STM House of PrayerSep 11, 20192 minSt Bernard on the Stages of ContemplationIn Today’s Office of Readings, St Bernard invites us to devote ourselves to contemplation so that, “leaning with all our strength on Christ,” we might “see w...
STM House of PrayerSep 5, 20192 minGod, Come to My Assistance...As it is recounted in the Conferences of St John Cassian, when a certain Abba Isaac was asked what kind of meditation was necessary to have a constant awaren...
