In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. He called forth light and darkness, waters and dry land, plants and trees, and...

In the Spring of 2020, we were just beginning to feel the spiritual effects of the COVID lockdowns and restrictions. Churches were...

What follows is one of the greatest Papal teachings ever given on the Divine Office. Much of what was said in Sacrosantum Concilium from...

At the beginning of Lent, we hosted what may become our annual Men’s Lenten Retreat with the Desert Fathers. The conferences for the...

For some time I have been reading the works of Blessed Columba Marmion, a Benedictine abbot who lived from 1858 until 1923. Marmion has...

Occasionally I am asked for my opinion on whether we should pray the Liturgy of the Hours with a book or an app. I always preface my...

In the Office of Readings for Friday in the Eighteenth week of Ordinary Time, we find these penetrating words of St. John of the Cross,...

In the document Lumen Gentium, we read of the universal call to holiness – “that all the faithful of Christ of whatever rank or status...

In the Catechism of the Catholic Church, it states, “The liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; it is...

It 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....

While praying Morning Prayer yesterday (Wednesday in the Second Week of Easter), I was struck by the words of David in Psalm 77, “Will...

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...

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...

Solemn Vespers of Easter, London Oratory (newliturgicalmovement.org) In our first post, we established how it is through the Mass that...

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...

Come November, Christians can often be heard expressing their intentions to remain focused this year on the “reason for the season”...

In the preface to his monumental work, The Liturgical Year (1841), Dom Prosper Guéranger speaks of the supernatural quality of the...

On 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...

On 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...

During our fall retreat a couple of weeks ago Father Joseph Mary, CSJ gave several conferences on the Psalms. Drawing from St Elizabeth...