Vigils Reading – 2nd Sunday of Lent
DIVINE GLORY From a commentary by St Ephrem1 ◊◊◊ Jesus took the three apostles up to the mountain for three […]
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 […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 3rd Week of Lent Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) March 3 - 9, […]
THE TEMPLE OF GOD, THIS BODY OF CHRIST From a commentary by St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ God’s temple is holy, and […]
YOUR VERDICT ON OTHERS, WILL BE THE VERDICT PASSED ON YOU From a homily of St Asterius of Amasea2 ◊◊◊ […]
EVERYWHERE MERCY PRECEDES From a sermon of Blessed Guerric of Igny3 ◊◊◊ O happy the humility of those who repent; […]
THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW ROAD From a sermon of St Caesarius of Arles4 ◊◊◊ I beseech you, beloved, with God’s […]
THE BEATING HEART OF THE UNIVERSE From a homily by Pope Benedict XVI5 ◊◊◊ It is not God’s presence that […]
HE BORE THE PUNISHMENT WHICH BRINGS US PEACE From a sermon by St Cyril of Alexandria6 ◊◊◊ In the account […]
HE CAME TO CALL SINNERS From a letter by St Maximus the Confessor7 ◊◊◊ God’s will is to save us […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 4th Week of Lent Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) March 10 - 16, […]
THE CROSS OF OUR LORD From a commentary by St John Chrysostom1 ◊◊◊ Although we praise our common Lord for […]
THINK OF YOURSELF IN HUMILITY From a sermon by Blessed Guerric of Igny2 ◊◊◊ Now you, blessed sinner, although not […]
GOD WILL HELP YOU From the Fourth Vision of St Hildegard of Bingen3 ◊◊◊ Dearest children, open your eyes and […]
LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER From a sermon by St Leo the Great4 ◊◊◊ In the gospel of John the […]
THE ROLE OF THE PROPHET From the writing of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel5 ◊◊◊ The certainty of being inspired by […]
A CHURCH OF PENANCE AND PRAYER From a sermon by St Oscar Romero6 ◊◊◊ Not everyone… will have the honor […]
LABOR WHILE IT IS YET DAY From a sermon by St Ambrose7 ◊◊◊ Give thanks, brethren, to the Divine Mercy […]
HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE From a commentary by St Cyril of Alexandria 1 ◊◊◊ As the first fruits of […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 5th Week of Lent Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) March 17 - 23, […]
AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS From a sermon by St Leo the Great 2 ◊◊◊ Let us take refuge in […]
EVERYTHING HE DID WAS DONE FOR GOD From a sermon by Jacques Benigne Bossuet 3 ◊◊◊ Among all the various […]
YOUR INNUMERABLE CHOICES From an excerpt from “Mere Christianity” by C.S. Lewis 4 ◊◊◊ Human beings judge one another by […]
PRAYER, MERCY, AND FASTING From a sermon by St Peter Chrysologus 5 ◊◊◊ There are three things, my brethren, by […]
THE POWER OF VIRTUE From the discourses and sayings of Dorotheos of Gaza 6 ◊◊◊ At the time when I […]
SUBMISSION TO GOD IN SUFFERING From the writing of Dom Columba Marmion 7 ◊◊◊ When we thus submit ourselves entirely […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass Holy Week Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) March 24 - 30, 2024 Sun […]
PROCESSION AND PASSION From a commentary by Blessed Guerric of Igny 1 ◊◊◊ When Jesus entered Jerusalem like a triumphant […]
WHEN ALL WAS TO BE PUT TO THE TEST By Henri Daniel-Rops2 ◊◊◊ The day which followed the astonishing Sunday […]
THE GREAT DISCOVERY By Fr Louis Bouyer 3 ◊◊◊ The discovery of grace, the discovery of love which loves us […]
LIFT YOUR HEART TO GOD From the writing of Franҫois Fénelon 4 ◊◊◊ The whole Christian life is only one […]
THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE COVENANT AND THE EUCHARIST By St Edith Stein 5 ◊◊◊ We know from the Gospel narratives […]
TODAY YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE A commentary by St John Chrysostom 6 ◊◊◊ Today the cross has […]
GOD’S SURPASSING LOVE A homily by St Augustine 7 ◊◊◊ Today, my dearest friends, there is every reason for heaven […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass Easter Octave Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) March 31 - April 1, 2024 […]
A NEW DIMENSION OF BEING From a homily by Pope Benedict XVI1 ◊◊◊ “You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was […]
THE LORD’S RESURRECTION From a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux2 ◊◊◊ This wicked and adulterous generation asks for a […]
THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST From a sermon by Blessed Guerric of Igny3 ◊◊◊ Let us go to see Jesus journeying […]
CROSS AND RESURRECTION An excerpt from “On Prayer” by Hans Urs von Balthasar4 ◊◊◊ Heaven…in which we can already participate, […]
THE BEGINNING OF GLORY By Fr Karl Rahner5 ◊◊◊ If someone had already lit the fuse for a tremendous explosion, […]
PRAISE THE LORD From a sermon by St Augustine6 ◊◊◊ Since it is the will of our Lord that we […]
THE FRATERNAL CITY OF GOD By Maertens & Frisque7 ◊◊◊ Faith in the paschal mystery makes the world appear as […]