Our Morning Offering – 3 January – “The Month of the Most Holy Name of Jesus and of the Holy Family” Jesu Dulcis MemoriaBy St Bernard (1090-1153)Father and Mellifluous DoctorTrans Fr Edward Caswell C.Orat. (1814-1878) Jesu, the very thought of Theewith sweetness fills my breast,But sweeter far Thy Face to seeand in Thy Presence rest. Nor voice can sing nor heart can frame,Nor can the memory…

Our Morning Offering – 20 April – “The Month of the Resurrection” Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee!By St Bernard (1090-1153)Father and the Mellifluous Doctor of the Church Jesus, the very thought of TheeWith sweetness fills the breast!Yet sweeter far Thy face to seeAnd in Thy presence rest. No voice can sing, no heart can frame,Nor can the memory find,A sweeter sound than Jesus’ Name,The…

Our Morning Offering – 13 January – Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee! By St Bernard

Our Morning Offering – 13 January – Octave Day of Epiphany– “The Month of the Most Holy Name of Jesus” Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee!By St Bernard (1090-1153)Father and the Mellifluous Doctor of the Church Jesus, the very thought of TheeWith sweetness fills the breast!Yet sweeter far Thy face to seeAnd in Thy presence rest. No voice can sing, no heart can frame,Nor can the memory find,A…

Our Morning Offering – 2 January – Jesu, Decus Angelicum, Jesu, Angelic Glory

Our Morning Offering – 2 January – Feast and Month of the Most Holy Name of Jesus Jesu, Decus Angelicum!Jesu, Angelic Glory!By St Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)Mellifluous DoctorTrans Fr Edward Caswell C.Orat. (1814-1878) O Jesu, Thou the Beauty artOf Angel worlds above;Thy Name is music to the heart,Enchanting it with love. Celestial Sweetness unalloyed!Who eat Thee, hunger still;Who drink…

Our Morning Offering – 14 November – Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee!

Our Morning Offering – 14 November Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee!By St Bernard (1090-1153)Father and the Mellifluous Doctor of the Church Jesus, the very thought of TheeWith sweetness fills the breast!Yet sweeter far Thy face to seeAnd in Thy presence rest. No voice can sing, no heart can frame,Nor can the memory find,A sweeter sound than Jesus’ Name,The Saviour of mankind. O hope of every…

Our Morning Offering – 13 November – Act of Spiritual Communion by St Bernard

Our Morning Offering – 13 November – The Twenty Third Sunday after Pentecost – All Saints of the Benedictine & Cistercian Orders Act of Spiritual CommunionBy St Bernard O. Cist (1090-1153)Mellifluous Doctor of the Church As I cannot this day enjoy the happinessof assisting at the Holy Mysteries, O my God,I transport myself in spirit to the foot of Your Altar.I unite with the Church, which, by…

Our Morning Offering – 11 November – In Your Hour of Holy Sadness By St Bernard

Our Morning Offering – 11 November – The day of the Passion In Your Hour of Holy SadnessBy St Bernard (1090-1153)Father & Doctor of the Church In Your hour of holy sadnesscould I share with You, what gladnessshould Your Cross to me be showing.Gladness past all thought of knowing,bowed beneath Your Cross to die!Blessed Jesus, thanks I renderthat in bitter death, so tender,You now hear Your…

Our Morning Offering – 9 December – Let Your goodness, Lord, Appear to Us

Our Morning Offering – 9 December – Thursday of the Second week of Advent Let Your goodness, Lord, Appear to UsAn Advent PrayerBy St Bernard (1090-1153)Father and Mellifluous Doctor Let Your goodness, Lord,appear to us,that we, made in Your image,conform ourselves to it.In our own strengthwe cannot imitateYour majesty, power and wonder,nor is it fitting for us to try.But Your mercy reaches from…