A Safeguard For The Soul.

For the month of August, First Things has turned over the front page of its website to the members of its editorial board for blogging. On the editorial board are such luminaries as Charlotte Allen, Hadley Arkes, Stephen M. Barr, Ross Douthat, Robert P. George, Russell Hittinger, Michael Linton, Frederica Mathewes-Green, Wilfred M. McClay, Robert T. Miller, Michael Novak, Edward T. Oakes, S.J., Joseph Pearce, R.R. Reno, Wesley J. Smith, and Stephen H. Webb (brief biographies are here). Thus far, the conversation is mainly re Israel v. Hezballah and relevant Just War questions. However, there is also this quite wonderful liturgical resource (translation at the link):

Bene+dic, Domine, creaturam istam cerevisae, quam ex adipe frumenti producere dignatus es: ut sit remedium salutare humano generi: et praesta per invocationem nominis tui sancti, ut, quicumque ex ea biberint, sanitatem corporis, et animae tutelam percipiant. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen