Secret Harbour - Portus Secretioris

Rejoice, because you have escaped the various dangers and shipwrecks of the stormy world. Rejoice, because you have reached the quiet and safe anchorage of a secret harbour. <> Saint Bruno's letter to his sons the Carthusians

30 June 2009

The Preparatory Prayers

While I usually attend the Ordinary Form of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, I am also very much a proponent of the Extraordinary Form. It’s ...

27 June 2009

Dominica Tertiadecima per Annum - Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24 The author of the Book of Wisdom identifies himself as Solomon but many scholars believe that the writings are of Gr...

25 June 2009

The Carthusian Priest: A Vocation of Conformity to Jesus

A priest of the Carthusian Order spends a great deal of his day in a hermitage; there he conducts his activities, which, as their vocational...

24 June 2009

In Nativitate Sancti Ioannis Baptistæ

O house of Zachary greeted with a voice The barren one’s infant leaps in her womb Reproach removed, thy child doth rejoice ‘Tis the Ark, car...

23 June 2009

Ecce Sacerdos Magnus

On the day of my ordination I made two resolutions: 1. I would offer the Holy Eucharist every Saturday in honor of the Blessed Mother to sol...

22 June 2009

Great Dignity = Tending the Flock

Jesus said to Simon Peter: Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these? He said to Him: Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said ...

20 June 2009

Adorned with All Virtues and All Graces

O Lord Jesus, my God, I give You thanks for Your boundless love, and for the favors bestowed upon the Angels and men, and upon the whole wor...

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