A Twenty Decade Rosary

This writing was, in itself, an act of devotion. In this entry I offer a combination of traditional (Dominican and Popular), doctrinal, and scriptural materials to compose a “complete,” twenty …

Prayer to St. Ignatius of Loyola

O glorious Patriarch, Ignatius of Loyola, By your example, lead me to seek and find God in all things; Teach me to converse with God, that I might discern the …

Prayer Adapted from a Homily of St. Basil the Great

Let Me Be Attentive to Myself Based on St. Basil’s Homily on Deut. 15:9 O gracious Lord, We human beings are easily led toward sins of the mind. Help us …

A Nonet of Heroic Couplets from a Disheartened Convert

I call thee, Lord: make haste and harden steel, To help the cause I frame in this appeal. For trampled do I find my soul, and tossed, Surrounded, threatened, faltering and lost. …