Vigils Reading -St Agatha
ST AGATHA From Butler’s Lives of the Saints2 ◊◊◊ St Agatha has retained her place in the Universal Calendar following […]
ST AGATHA From Butler’s Lives of the Saints2 ◊◊◊ St Agatha has retained her place in the Universal Calendar following […]
THE MARTYRDOM OF ST PAUL MIKI AND HIS COMPANIONS By a contemporary writer3 ◊◊◊ The crosses were set in place. […]
THE HOLY SPIRIT BESTOWS THE UNDERSTANDING OF FAITH From a treatise by William of St Thierry4 ◊◊◊ If your whole […]
THE DIVINE CALL From a book by Hans Urs von Balthasar5 ◊◊◊ Christian revelation is primarily a revelation of hearing, […]
THANKFULNESS IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES From a sermon by St John Henry Newman6 ◊◊◊ It would be well if we […]
THE LIFE OF ST SCHOLASTICA From Butler’s Lives of the Saints7 ◊◊◊ St Scholastica, who was St Benedict’s sister, traditionally […]
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Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 6th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) February 11 - […]
PURIFIED BY FAITH From a commentary by Paschasius Radbertus 1 ◊◊◊ However great our sinfulness, each one of us can […]
BLESSED HUMBELINE From the Life of St Bernard 2 ◊◊◊ From earliest childhood Humbeline and Bernard had been drawn together […]
CHRIST WILL DRAW ALL PEOPLE TO HIMSELF From a sermon by St Athanasius of Antioch 3 ◊◊◊ "To this end […]
RETURN WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART From a homily by St Faustus of Riez 4 ◊◊◊ Our Lord and Savior exhorts […]
NOW IS THE TIME From a sermon by St Leo the Great 5 ◊◊◊ “Behold, now is the acceptable time; […]
THIS FAST OF FORTY DAYS From a sermon by St Maximus the Confessor 6 ◊◊◊ We must accept with all […]
LIFE RISES THROUGH DEATH From “The Eternal Year” by Fr Karl Rahner 7 ◊◊◊ There is a distance of God […]
PREPARE YOUR SOUL FOR AN ORDEAL From a commentary by John Justus Landsberg 1 ◊◊◊ Everything the Lord Jesus decided […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 1st Week of Lent Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) February 18 - […]
THE LIGHT OF LENT By Thomas Merton 2 ◊◊◊ There is confidence everywhere in Lent, yet that does not mean […]
REND YOUR HEARTS, BUT KEEP YOUR GARMENTS WHOLE From a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux 3 ◊◊◊ If you […]
CAST YOUR CARE UPON THE LORD From a sermon by St Leo the Great 4 ◊◊◊ Apostolic teaching, Beloved, exhorts […]
THE CHAIR OF ST PETER By St John Henry Newman 5 ◊◊◊ The very first act of the Apostles after […]
BEHOLD, NOW IS THE ACCEPTABLE TIME From a sermon of St Aelred of Rievaulx 6 ◊◊◊ These forty days are […]
GOD’S LOVE POURED OUT From a commentary by Origen 7 ◊◊◊ St. Paul has told us that the love of […]
DIVINE GLORY From a commentary by St Ephrem1 ◊◊◊ Jesus took the three apostles up to the mountain for three […]
PRAYER AND FASTING By St Bernard of Clairvaux2 ◊◊◊ Notice in this Lenten observance how prayer and fasting assist each […]
TRUE REPENTANCE From a sermon by St Ambrose3 ◊◊◊ Behold now is the appointed time, in which you must confess […]
LOVE THE LORD WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART From a meditation by Dom Alban Boultwood4 ◊◊◊ In Chapter 49 of the […]
BE CONVERTED TO GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART From a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux5 ◊◊◊ "Be converted to […]
FORGIVE US, AS WE FORGIVE From a sermon by Caesarius of Arles6 ◊◊◊ If any one of us is in […]
THE SEASON OF PURIFICATION By Pope St Leo the Great7 ◊◊◊ This sacred season is dedicated to the purification of […]