Vigils Reading – 22nd Sunday
THE ESSENCE OF THE LAW From a commentary by St Irenaeus1 ◊◊◊ The Pharisees claimed that the traditions of their […]
THE ESSENCE OF THE LAW From a commentary by St Irenaeus1 ◊◊◊ The Pharisees claimed that the traditions of their […]
GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT By Karl Rahner1 ◊◊◊ Are there not people today who, if they are true to their […]
THE UNENCOMPASSED LIGHT By St Gregory the Great1 ◊◊◊ There is in contemplation a great effort of the mind, when […]
PREPARING OURSELVES TO MEET THE LORD By Blessed Guerric of Igny1 ◊◊◊ “BE PREPARED now Israel to meet the Lord, […]
GENEROSITY From the book “In My Own Words” by St Mother Teresa1 ◊◊◊ Without a spirit of sacrifice, without a […]
THE ENCOURAGMENT OF THE SAINTS By Bishop John Vaughan1 ◊◊◊ We may study learned treatises of ascetical theology; we may […]
MARY IS IN SILENCE By Pierre de Bérulle1 ◊◊◊ It falls to the Virgin to keep silence. It is her […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) September 8 - […]
CHRIST HAS DONE ALL THINGS WELL From a commentary by St Lawrence of Brandisi1 ◊◊◊ Just as the divine law […]
ST PETER CLAVER THE SLAVE OF THE NEGROES From Butler’s Lives of the Saints1 ◊◊◊ He was born in Catalonia, […]
MARY’S BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD From a homily by Ogier of Locedio1 ◊◊◊ This most holy Virgin Mary was of royal […]
THE CALL OF GOD By Hans Urs von Balthasar1 ◊◊◊ Every call of God is a proclamation of the eternal […]
SAINT PETER II, ARCHBISHOP OF TARENTAISE From Butler’s Lives of the Saints1 ◊◊◊ St Peter of Tarentaise was born near […]
ST CHRYSOSTOM’S CHARM From "Historical Sketches” by St John Henry Newman1 ◊◊◊ Whence this devotion to St. John Chrysostom, which […]
THE TRIUMPH OF THE CROSS From a treatise by St John Chrysostom1 ◊◊◊ Isaiah made it clear that Christ will […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 24th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) September 15 - […]
FOLLOWING CHRIST From a commentary by Caesarius of Arles1 ◊◊◊ When the Lord tells us in the gospel that anyone […]
A LETTER FROM ST CYPRIAN TO ST CORNELIUS ◊◊◊ My very dear brother, we have heard of the glorious witness […]
ST HILDEGARD OF BINGEN From Butler’s Lives of the Saints1 ◊◊◊ Hildegard of Bingen would have been remarkable in any […]
THE CHURCH AND ITS MINISTERS From a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux1 ◊◊◊ "Our bed is covered with flowers; […]
PREPARING A THRONE FOR THE MOST HIGH From a sermon by Blessed Guerric of Igny1 ◊◊◊ is to be not […]
THE KOREAN MARTYRS A reading from Butler’s Lives of the Saints1 ◊◊◊ Christianity came late to Korea, for it was […]
ST MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST From “The Saints” by John Coulson1 ◊◊◊ Few people love the tax collector... Much more […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 25th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) September 22 - […]
THE MOST ESTEEMED BY CHRIST From a commentary by Theophylact of Ohrid1 ◊◊◊ As he was teaching his disciples the […]
ST PIO OF PIETRELCINA From Butler’s Lives of the Saints1 ◊◊◊ The most famous stigmatist since St Francis of Assisi […]
BE READY TO MEET THE LORD From a sermon by Blessed Guerric of Igny1 ◊◊◊ By comparison with the evil […]
A THEOLOGY OF DEATH By Karl Rahner1 ◊◊◊ The ultimate act of freedom, in which we decide our own fate […]
THE ESCHATOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF THE PILGRIM CHURCH From the encyclical Lumen Gentium1 ◊◊◊ The Church, to which we are called […]
GOD LOVES THE POOR From the writing of St Vincent de Paul1 ◊◊◊ Even though the poor are often rough […]
MARY AND THE MYSTERY OF CHRISTIAN FREEDOM From “The Handmaid of the Lord” by Adrienne von Speyr1 ◊◊◊ From the […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 26th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) September 29 - […]
THE WORD OF GOD IS LIKE A TWO-EDGED SWORD From a commentary by Symeon the New Theologian1 ◊◊◊ Do you […]
ON THE LOVE OF SCRIPTURE A letter from St Jerome to Paulinus1 ◊◊◊ You see how, carried away by my […]
THE MISSION OF ST THÉRÈSE By Hans Urs von Balthasar1 ◊◊◊ There can be no doubt that Thérèse of Lisieux […]
HE HAS GIVEN HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER YOU From a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux1 ◊◊◊ O Lord, what […]
ON THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH By St Bernard of Clairvaux1 ◊◊◊ Today we celebrate another glorious feast: it is […]
THE HUMILITY OF ST FRANCIS From “The Life of St Francis” by St Bonaventure1 ◊◊◊ In order to render himself […]
MARY’S POETIC SENSIBILITY By Émile Mersch1 ◊◊◊ The Magnificat is Mary’s own song, and when she composed it, Jesus was […]