Vigils Reading – 26th Sunday
THE WORD OF GOD IS LIKE A TWO-EDGED SWORD From a commentary by Symeon the New Theologian1 ◊◊◊ Do you […]
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 […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 27th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) October 6 - […]
THEY ARE NO LONGER TWO BUT ONE From a commentary by Jacob of Serugh1 ◊◊◊ In his mysterious plans the […]
THE ROSARY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN By Fr Romano Guardini2 ◊◊◊ To linger in the domain of Mary is something […]
OUR BOAST IS THE CROSS OF CHRIST From a letter by St Paulinus of Nola ◊◊◊ From the beginning of […]
THE TRUE TEMPLE AND CITY OF GOD By St Hilary of Poitiers3 ◊◊◊ God chose Zion for his abode and […]
THE ACTIVITY OF ALL ACTIVITIES From “The Golden Epistle” by William of St Thierry4 ◊◊◊ In the first place then […]
THE SPIRITUAL TESTAMENT AND LAST WISHES of St Pope John XXIII5 ◊◊◊ On the point of presenting myself before the […]
ENTIRELY TURNED TOWARDS GOD By Lucien Legrand6 ◊◊◊ The significance of Mary’s virginity is entirely different from both cultic virginity […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 28th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) October 13 - […]
FOLLOWING CHRIST’S CALL From a commentary by St John Henry Newman 1 ◊◊◊ All through our life Christ is calling […]
SURRENDERING OUR WILL TO GOD From the writing of St Teresa of Ávila 3 ◊◊◊ We can promise easily enough […]
ST HEDWIG OF SILESIA From Butler’s Lives of the Saints 4 ◊◊◊ Hedwig was born in Bavaria about the year […]
ON THE NEED TO PERSEVERE IN OUR FAITH From a letter of St Ignatius of Antioch to the Ephesians 5 […]
THE NORTH AMERICAN MARTYRS From Butler's Lives of the Saints 7 ◊◊◊ On March 16, 1649, the Iroquois attacked the […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 29th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) October 20 - […]
THE SERVANT OF ALL From a commentary by St John Chrysostom1 When the ten disciples were indignant with James and […]
HAPPY ARE THE MEEK From a sermon by Isaac of Stella2 The disease of desire for gain closely accompanies the […]
THE ONE SAVIOR OF ALL An excerpt from “Redemptoris Missio” by St John Paul II3 The Church's universal mission is […]
AUTHORITY AND PRIVATE JUDGMENT From the writing of St John Henry Newman4 It is the custom with Protestant writers to […]
DEATH AND NEW LIFE IN CHRIST By Fr Johannes Pinsk5 The tragedy and paradox of all cosmic life is that […]
THE UNKNOWN JUDGMENT From the writing of Blessed Guerric of Igny6 Brethren, how beautiful and blessed it is not only […]
THE WOMAN OF FAITH By Irénée Hausherr The secret of prayer and of contemplation is faith. The Blessed Virgin Mary, […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 30th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) October 27 - […]
OPEN YOURSELVES TO THE LIGHT From a commentary by St Clement of Alexandria1 The commandment of the Lord shines clearly, […]
THE ZEAL OF SAINTS SIMON AND JUDE By St John Henry Newman2 The Apostles commemorated on this Festival direct our […]
A VIRGIN LIFE From the writing of Louis Bouyer3 Baptism is our union with Christ’s cross, our union with his […]
THE SAINT AND THE MISSION An excerpt from “The World of Prayer” by Adrienne von Speyr4 A saint's standing before […]
THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST From the Second Vatican Council’s declaration Nostra Aetate5 For the Church of Christ acknowledges that, according […]
MERCY AND JUDGMENT by Isaac of Stella6 "Happy are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy." Even a righteous person […]
PRAYING TO THE SAINTS by Fr Karl Rahner7 Nothing can come 'between' God and us. On the other hand, one […]