Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for Saint Luke the Evangelist (October 18): Intervéniat pro nobis, quǽsumus, Dómine, sanctus tuus Lucas Evangelísta: qui crucis mortificatiónem iúgiter in suo córpore, pro tui nóminis honóre, … Continue reading
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost: Famíliam tuam, quǽsumus, Dómine, contínua pietáte custódi: ut a cunctis adversitátibus te protegénte, sit líbera; et in bonis áctibus tuo nómini … Continue reading
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for Saint Hedwig (October 16): Deus, qui beátam Hedwígem a sǽculi pompa ad húmilem tuæ crucis sequélam toto corde transíre docuísti: concéde; ut eius méritis et exémplo … Continue reading
Our 2021 Saint Benedict Center Conference is now history. Thankfully, it is a pleasant history — so we are being told by many in attendance — and one that can be relived in part by listening to or viewing the … Continue reading
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for Saint Edward the Confessor (October 13): Deus, qui beátum regem Eduárdum Confessórem tuum æternitátis glória coronásti: fac nos, quǽsumus; ita eum venerári in terris, ut cum … Continue reading
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Omnípotens et miséricors Deus, univérsa nobis adversántia propitiátus exclúde: ut mente et córpore páriter expedíti, quæ tua sunt, líberis méntibus exsequámur. … Continue reading
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Holy Guardian Angels (October 2): Deus, qui ineffábili providéntia sanctos Angelos tuos ad nostram custódiam míttere dignáris: largíre supplícibus tuis; et eórum semper protectióne deféndi, … Continue reading
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office of Saint Jerome (September 30): Deus, qui Ecclésiæ tuæ in exponéndis sacris Scriptúris beátum Hierónymum, Confessórem tuum, Doctórem máximum providére dignátus es: præsta, quǽsumus; ut, eius suffragántibus … Continue reading
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office of Saint Michael (September 29): Deus, qui, miro órdine, Angelórum ministéria hominúmque dispénsas: concéde propítius; ut, a quibus tibi ministrántibus in cœlo semper assístitur, ab his in … Continue reading
The Gospel for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost — this week’s Gospel — is chock-full of dogmatic and mystical theology. It is amazing that some very deep lessons come out of what is essentially a hostile encounter between Our Lord … Continue reading
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost: Da, quǽsumus, Dómine, pópulo tuo diabólica vitáre contágia: et te solum Deum pura mente sectári. Here is my translation: Give to … Continue reading
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office of Saint Joseph of Cupertino (September 18): Deus, qui ad unigénitum Fílium tuum exaltátum a terra ómnia tráhere disposuísti: pérfice propítius; ut, méritis et exémplo seráphici Confessóris … Continue reading
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office of the Feast of the Stigmata of Saint Francis of Assisi (September 17): Dómine Iesu Christe, qui, frigescénte mundo, ad inflammándum corda nostra tui amóris igne, in carne … Continue reading
One of the lessons we frequently meet in the lives of the saints is that true virtue can be very surprising. For instance, the “hilaritas mentis” (cheerfulness of heart) of many saints who were very ascetic — e.g., Saint Philip … Continue reading
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office of the Feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, otherwise known as Our Lady of Sorrows (September 15): Deus, in cujus passióne, secúndum Simeónis … Continue reading
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