Easter Sunday
A NEW DIMENSION OF BEING From a homily by Pope Benedict XVI1 ◊◊◊ “You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was […]
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 […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 2nd Week of Easter Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) April 7 - 13, […]
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN, AND YET BELIEVE From a commentary by St Cyril of Alexandria1 ◊◊◊ Thomas’s […]
THIS KIND WORD From a sermon by Blessed Guerric of Igny2 ◊◊◊ It is indeed a kind word, a reliable […]
THE REDEMPTION OF OUR BODIES From a sermon by Ronald Knox3 ◊◊◊ I am content to think of my present […]
THE DWELLING-PLACES OF OUR FOREFATHERS From a sermon by St John Henry Newman4 ◊◊◊ The Churches which we inherit are […]
ST STANISLAUS BISHOP AND MARTYR OF CRACOW, POLAND From Butler’s Lives of the Saints5 ◊◊◊ Stanislaus was born on July […]
TO BE RISEN WITH CHRIST By Thomas Merton6 ◊◊◊ The risen life is not easy; it is also a dying […]
LET US OFFER HIM OURSELVES From a sermon by St John Chrysostom7 ◊◊◊ Yesterday I was crucified with Christ; today […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 3rd Week of Easter Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) April 14 - 20, […]
THE MYSTERY OF EASTER An excerpt from “The Eternal Year” by Fr Karl Rahner1 ◊◊◊ To do justice to the […]
ON LOVING CHRIST By St Augustine2 ◊◊◊ Appearing to his disciples after the Resurrection, Our Lord put a question to […]
REVEALING CHRIST’S LOVE By Caryll Houselander3 ◊◊◊ Christ never forced his love on anyone. Though he is perfection, he never […]
IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE By St John Henry Newman4 ◊◊◊ Jesus Christ says, "As the Father has […]
OUR CORRUPTIBLE AND MORTAL BODY by Pope St Leo the Great5 ◊◊◊ Though we once knew Christ according to the […]
THE CRUCIAL CHALLENGE OF OUR CHRISTIAN FAITH By Thomas Merton ◊◊◊ The season of Lent summoned us to change our […]
THE REALITY OF THE RESURRECTION By Bruce Vawter ◊◊◊ In biblical faith the resurrection is something; something did occur to […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 4th Week of Easter Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) April 21 - 27, […]
THE SHEPHERD OF OUR SOULS From a sermon by St John Henry Newman1 ◊◊◊ Our Lord here appropriates to Himself […]
MY ONLY DESIRE IS TO LOVE From the final letter of Blessed Maria Gabriella to her mother 2 ◊◊◊ I […]
JESUS IN THE HOLY EUCHARIST From the Spiritual Autobiography of St Charles de Foucauld 3 ◊◊◊ Lord Jesus, you are […]
THE NEW AGE OF THE RESURRECTION By Thomas Merton 4 ◊◊◊ The "new life," the life of the Spirit, life […]
GOD CAME TO TEACH HUMILITY From a sermon by St Augustine 6 ◊◊◊ Pride is the source of all diseases, […]
SIMPLICITY OF HEART From the writings of St Rafael Arnaiz Baron 7 ◊◊◊ I see, Brother, that the path you […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 5th Week of Easter Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) April 28 - May […]
WITHOUT GOD, NOTHING CAN BE DONE From a commentary by St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ The passage from the gospel in which […]
THE TRUE WORKERS From “The Dialogues” of St Catherine of Siena2 ◊◊◊ Do you know what course I follow, once […]
THE MIRACULOUS SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL MESSAGE A reading from “Against the Pagans” by St John Chrysostom3 ◊◊◊ It was…marvelous […]
ST JOSEPH THE WORKER A reflection by Pope Francis4 ◊◊◊ St Joseph concretely expressed his fatherhood by making an offering […]
AS BRIGHTNESS FROM LIGHT From the Expositio Fidei by St Athanasius5 ◊◊◊ We believe in one Unbegotten God, Father Almighty, […]
THE APOSTOLIC WITNESS By Jean Frisque6 ◊◊◊ They were still talking about all this when he himself stood among them […]
THE EXPERIENCE OF FAITH By Hans Urs von Balthasar7 ◊◊◊ The analogy between the pre-Easter and the post Easter testimony […]