Vigils Reading – 13th Sunday
THE DEAD WILL RISE From a commentary by St Peter Chrysologus1 ◊◊◊ Every gospel reading, beloved, is most helpful for […]
THE DEAD WILL RISE From a commentary by St Peter Chrysologus1 ◊◊◊ Every gospel reading, beloved, is most helpful for […]
THE DEEPEST NEED OF ALL From “The Eternal Promise” by Thomas Kelly2 ◊◊◊ Is God your passion? Do you long […]
WHEN THE LORD CRIES OUT IN OUR HEARTS From “Homilies on the Prophetic Burdens of Isaiah” by St Aelred of […]
WHY DID THOMAS DEMAND PROOF? From a commentary by St Peter Chrysologus4 ◊◊◊ When Thomas heard from his fellow disciples […]
THE SOCIAL TEACHING OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH From a pastoral letter of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops5 ◊◊◊ In […]
THE TAX COLLECTOR ABANDONED EARTHLY WEALTH From a homily by St Bede the Venerable6 ◊◊◊ Jesus saw a man called […]
MARY, THE MOTHER OF THE LORD By Fr Karl Rahner7 ◊◊◊ All that the faith says about the realization of […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 14th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) July 7 - […]
THE CHRIST WHO SPEAKS NOW From a commentary by St Symeon the New Theologian1 ◊◊◊ Many people never stop saying […]
FROM THE TREATISE “ON CONSIDERATION” By St Bernard of Clairvaux for Pope Eugenius III2 ◊◊◊ It has occurred to me […]
THE HIGHEST PROOF OF LOVE An excerpt from Lumen Gentium3 ◊◊◊ 'God is love, and he who abides in love […]
THE BOOK OF PROVERBS From a commentary by Dom Damasus Winzen4 ◊◊◊ To fear God, in the Old Testament, does […]
A SOUL THAT SEES ITS CREATOR From the Dialogues of St Gregory the Great5 ◊◊◊ Long before the night office […]
THE MEANING OF VOCATION From the writing of St John Paul II6 ◊◊◊ Faith and love are not just words […]
SHE OBEYED THE WORD By Han Urs von Balthasar7 ◊◊◊ Mary is a prototype of the Church, and this for […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 15th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) July 14 - […]
THEY SET OUT TO PREACH REPENTANCE From a commentary by Theophylact of Ohrid 1 ◊◊◊ Besides teaching himself the Lord […]
THE LIFE OF ST BONAVENTURE From Butler’s Lives of the Saints 2 ◊◊◊ Of the youth of this greatest successor […]
THE MARTYRS OF ORANGE ◊◊◊ The Martyrs of Orange were a group of 32 beatified religious women martyred at Orange, […]
RELIGION IN A FREE SOCIETY By Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel 3 ◊◊◊ Little does contemporary religion ask of man. It […]
ST CAMILLUS DE LELLIS From Butler’s Lives of the Saints 4 ◊◊◊ Camillus de Lellis was born in 1550 at […]
DIRECT YOUR THOUGHTS UTTERLY TO GOD From “The Form of Living” by Richard Rolle 5 ◊◊◊ Because you have abandoned […]
MARY AND THE RETURN OF THE LORD From a book by René Laurentin 6 ◊◊◊ It is of the essence […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 16th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) July 21 - […]
A KINDLY SAVIOR AND PHYSICIAN From a commentary by Bede the Venerable1 ◊◊◊ The apostles returned to Jesus and reported […]
KEEP WATCH AT THE DOORS OF WISDOM From a sermon by Blessed Guerric of Igny2 ◊◊◊ Abraham exulted that he […]
A JOYFUL AND GENUINE HUMILITY From a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux3 ◊◊◊ Do you see that humility makes […]
THE SHIELD OF FAITH By William of St Thierry4 ◊◊◊ To the devil who was tempting him to blasphemy and […]
CAN YOU DRINK THE CHALICE? From a homily by St John Chrysostom5 ◊◊◊ Let no one take scandal if we […]
JOACHIM AND ANN From a sermon by St John Damascene6 ◊◊◊ Ann was to be the mother of the Virgin […]
THE BLESSING GIVEN TO MARY By Paschasius Radbertus7 ◊◊◊ The nature and the greatness of the blessed and glorious ever-virgin […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 17th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) July 28 - […]
THE WORD OF GOD From a commentary by St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ The miracles wrought by our Lord Jesus Christ are […]
THE HAPPINESS OF MARTHA AND MARY From a sermon by St Aelred of Rievaulx2 ◊◊◊ Jesus entered a certain fortress, […]
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD TO COME From “Sacraments and Orthodoxy” by Fr Alexander Schmemann3 ◊◊◊ The liturgy of Christian […]
THE INTERIOR GRACE OF PRAYER From “The Spiritual Journal” of St Ignatius of Loyola4 ◊◊◊ In the usual prayer, from […]
THE FULLNESS OF HIMSELF From a sermon by St Alphonsus Ligouri5 ◊◊◊ All holiness and perfection of soul lies in […]
CONSOLATION AND DESOLATION From “The Spiritual Exercises” of St Ignatius of Loyola6 ◊◊◊ I call it consolation when an interior […]
MARY AND GOD’S REDEMPTIVE PLAN From “Seasons of Celebration” by Thomas Merton7 ◊◊◊ In Mary is perfectly realized God’s whole […]